TABLE 8 



Comparative Conditions of Inlets on the Coast of North Carolina 

 at Different Dates * 



Conditions as Shown by Map of: ^ 



Name 



of 

 Inlet 



o >. 



&CO 



Remarks 



Currituck 

 New Currituck 

 Caffeys 

 Roanoke 

 Oregon 



Chickinoke 

 New (Dare Co.) 



Loggerhead 



Hatteras 



Ocracoke 



Whalebone 



New 



Normans (Sand) 



Drum 



Cedar 

 The Drain 



(Lookout Bight) 

 Beaufort 



Bogue 



Bear 



Brown's 



Little 



New River 



Stump 



New Topsail 



Old Topsail 



Rich 



Queen (Mason) 



Barren (Moore) 



Sandy 



Bread 



Shoal 



Masonboro 



New (Cape Fear) 



O C 



C — C 



— C C 







— 00 



C — O 

 C — C C C 



C — C C C 

 

 







o 



o 























O 



c c 







c c 







C 



o 







c 







Now 

 closed 

 (1947) 



— 000 O O 



c c — c o 



Closed in 1828 



Known as New in 1838; as 

 Hatorask in 1590; as Gunt 

 in 1775 and as Gant in 1795. 

 Known as Chickinock- 

 comiock in 1775. 

 Closed in Jan. 1922. Artifi- 

 cally reopened in 1924 but 

 closed immediately. Re- 

 opened by storm in March 

 1932. 



Known as Wokoken in 1590; 

 as Okeracock in 1738 and as 

 Occacock in 1775. 



Reopened by storm in Sep- 

 tember 1933. 



Known as Core Sound in 

 1708, 1738 and 1775. 

 Known as Boug in 1738. 



Known as Sandy in 1738. 

 Known as Reach in 1738. 

 Open in 1868. 



Open in 1871. 



Known as Cabbage in 1738 

 & 1775. 



Open in 1774 and in 1806. 

 Closed by man in 1876. 



* Adapted from table supplied by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1948. Does not include 

 inlets west of the Cape Fear River. 



