27. Dunbar (1958, p 217) stated that the inlet was open from 1585 to 

 1687 and called Chacandepeco by the Indians. He also noted that, although 

 the inlet was shown on Comberford' s 1657 map, it could have been copied from 

 earlier maps and not actually open at that time. 



28. Fisher (1962, p 92-93) concluded that an inlet was open from pre- 

 1585 to 1672 at 36°16.5'; his conclusion was based largely on the presence of 

 Cape Channel and the island's low and narrow profile in 1961. He showed that 

 this inlet was recorded as open on 11 maps between 1585 and 1657. On four of 

 those maps (1585, 1590, 1606, 1657), which were analyzed in this study, how- 

 ever, evidence of an open inlet was lacking. During the 1962 (Ash Wednesday) 

 storm, an ephemeral inlet was opened at this site; because of the conflicting 

 evidence it was not included in Figure 9 as a persistent inlet. 



Accuracy of inlet location 



29. Use of past and present inlets in an attempt to develop a relation- 

 ship between inlets and shoreline change requires that historic, and if pos- 

 sible, prehistoric inlets be identified and accurately located. NOS shoreline 

 maps were used to compare inlet locations after 1852 with those on maps used 

 in Cumming's (1966) report. The locations of inlets on the NOS maps are con- 

 sidered accurate. 



30. In Figure 9, the two positions listed for Oregon Inlet in 1861 

 (Bachman and Colton in Cumming 1966) are included to show the possible varia- 

 tion due to (a) cartographic mislocation of the inlets or (b) mislocation dur- 

 ing the original survey work. The Bachman map is entitled "Panarama [sic] of 

 the Seat of War, Birds Eye View of North and South Carolina, a part of 

 Georgia." It is an oblique map, very schematically drawn, lacking latitude 

 and longitude coordinates, and the location and existence (or nonexistence) 



of particular inlets on it should be viewed with caution. The Colton map of 

 the same year is more accurately drawn, though its description emphasized the 

 railroad and overland transportation routes and no discussion of the coastline 

 is included. There is an obvious lack of correlation between the general 

 trend of Oregon Inlet's present position and the 1861 positions; however, if 

 the entire sequence of inlets shown on the Colton Map (i.e., Oregon, New, un- 

 named, and Loggerhead) are shifted to the north by 3' -5' of latitude, this 

 dramatic offset is eliminated. This seems to be a more reasonable solution 

 than keeping the inlets in their 1861-mapped position and assuming a "zig-zag" 

 migration pattern. 



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