Fear, CAPE, the most southerly point of North Carolina, forms the southern extremity of Smith's Island, at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. It has a lighthouse, with a light 110 feet above the sea.—Cape Fear River, formed by the Deep and Haw rivers, runs south-east, and enters the Atlantic after a course of 250 miles, more than half of which is navigable for steamboats; it is the largest river whose course is entirely within the state.
Fear, CAPE
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 569
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