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One ferry that linked the towns of Edenton and Mackeys, North Carolina, continued in service from 1734 to 1938, when a bridge was built across the Sound. Another, longer bridge of more than 3 miles (4.8 km) in length was built in 1990. Fishing was a major industry in the Albemarle Sound from the colonial period.
Pamlico Sound with the southern Outer Banks. Orbital photo courtesy of NASA. Map of the Pamlico Sound and its watershed. Pamlico Sound (/ ˈ p æ m l ɪ k oʊ / PAM-lik-oh) is a large estuarine lagoon in North Carolina. The largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, it extends 80 mi (130 km) long and 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) wide.
Little River (Albemarle Sound) Little River (Cape Fear River tributary) Little River (Eno River tributary) Little River (French Broad River tributary) Little River (Horry County, South Carolina) Little River (Jacob Fork) Little River (Neuse River tributary) Little River (North Carolina-Virginia) Little River (Pee Dee River tributary)
The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
The waterway provides a channel with a controlling depth of 12 ft (3.7 m), designed primarily for barge transportation. Although the U.S. government proposals for such a waterway were made in the early 19th century, [ 3 ] the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was not completed until 1949.
The Core Sound is a sound in eastern North Carolina located between the mainland of Carteret County and Core Banks, part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It lies between the large Pamlico Sound to the northeast and the smaller Back Sound to the west. Several shifting inlets connect the sound to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Tar River is a river that is approximately 215 miles (346 km) long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound. The Tar River becomes the tidal Pamlico River once it passes under the U.S. Highway 17 Bridge in Washington, North Carolina .
Middle Sound; Topsail Sound NC 50 / NC 210; Stump Sound NC 210; New River; White Oak River; Bogue Sound. NC 58; Bay View Road; Newport River. Future I-42 / US 70; manmade canal NC 101; Adams Creek; Neuse River; Pamlico Sound; manmade canal NC 33 / NC 308; Goose Creek; Pamlico River; Pungo River; manmade canal US 264 / NC 45; NC 94; Alligator ...