Infrastructure Study Opens Opportunities for the Cape Fear River

Study creates an opportunity to imagine a future for the Cape Fear River that had not been imagined in decades, a dam free river.

By Peter Raabe | August 13, 2018
Lock and Dam #3. South Wings volunteer pilot Hap Endler flew up the Cape Fear River for photographs of Eagles Island and the Battleship North Carolina, the State Port at Wilmington and its wood pellet operation and the three Locks and Dams between Wilmington and Fayetteville. Photo by Alan Cradick, overflight provided by South Wings, June 15, 2015.
Lock and Dam #3. South Wings volunteer pilot Hap Endler flew up the Cape Fear River for photographs of Eagles Island and the Battleship North Carolina, the State Port at Wilmington and its wood pellet operation and the three Locks and Dams between Wilmington and Fayetteville. Photo by Alan Cradick, overflight provided by South Wings, June 15, 2015.