Federal Point Light (earlier light described in 1836 with eight lamps rebuilt 1836) was a lighthouse at Federal Point on the east bank of Cape Fear at Fort Fisher constructed in 1866.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — You can visit each of North Carolina's seven iconic and historic lighthouses - but did you know there's an abandoned lighthouse most people have never seen, hidden along ...

On August 7th, 1789, Congress approved an act for the establishment and support of lighthouse, beacons, buoys and public piers. In Celebration of the act, Congress established National Lighthouse ...

The waters of the North Atlantic coast are a superhighway for ships. During the past two centuries, lighthouses which served as the signs, signals, and direction for this crowded superhighway of ...

Though many say North Carolina is home to seven lighthouses, there are actually eight of them: Old Baldy, Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Currituck Beach, Ocracoke, Oak Island, and ...

The National Park Service has begun a project to evaluate how to repair and whether to relocate the historic lighthouse on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island, NBC affiliate WRAL reports.The bright ...

Address: Lighthouse Road, Ocracoke, North Carolina 27960 . This light was built in the early 1820s and first lit in 1824, making it the oldest operating lighthouse in the state, ...