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North Carolina
Coast

Here are some pictures taken during previous trips. Click on picture to see a large image of that picture:

Fort Fisher Historic Site
Carolina Beach State Park
Carolin Ocean Studies
Fort Fisher Recreation Area

USS NC Battleship
NC Aquarium
Cape Fear Museum
Henrietta II

Pleasure Island
Popular Grove Plantation
Planned beach activities
Fort Fisher Ferry

Fort Fisher

Wilmington

Carolina Beach

Cape Fear Coast

Historic Wilmington and North Carolina's Cape Fear Coast offer a rich variety of educational opportunities and activities for all grades. Sites such as the Battleship North Carolina, Poplar Grove Plantation and Fort Fisher Historic Site provide interesting glimpses into the past. Programs at the Aquarium and state parks will enrich understanding of our coastal geology and ecology. We offer a one, two and a three-day itinerary that will cover the points of interest that can be covered in your allotted time.

Get your feet wet in the salt marsh program at the Aquarium
Ride down the Cape Fear River from Historic Wilmington for a lunch or dinner cruise
Study the loggerhead turtle life cycle and habitat on the beach taught by park rangers
Climb the dunes at Fort Fisher Historic Site which was the last coastal Stronghold for the Confederacy
Visit an old southern plantation and see how your ancestors lived in the 1800's
Visit the Kure Beach Fishing Pier for additional beach activities
Boat to an uninhabited island with Carolina Ocean Studies to beach comb, crab, clam and seine for marine specimens
Win prizes for the best sand sculpture contest on the beach
Learn about tides, coastal geology, erosion and effects of hurricanes on beaches
Discover the Venus Fly Trap during the carnivorous plant hike at Carolina Beach State Park
See Michael Jordan's retired UNC jersey and other artifacts while doing a scavenger hunt at the Cape Fear Museum
Take a ferry boat ride on the Fort Fisher Ferry across the Cape Fear River on the way home.