The grant will allow the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to continue building and installing a system of wave attenuators that protect the shoreline from erosion at the Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site in Winnabow.
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site
Fort Anderson to mark anniversary of capture by US forces
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site in Winnabow is offering a day of living history at no charge and a ticketed nighttime reenactment of the 1865 bombardment and evacuation of the fort.
Programs set to mark fall of Fort Anderson anniversary
The 158th anniversary of the fall of Fort Anderson will be commemorated Saturday, Feb. 18, at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site.
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson awarded $500,000 grant
The money for the Brunswick County site is from the federal Semiquincentennial Grant Program, which commemorates the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.
Catching Waves to Save Historic Shoreline
The effort to restore and protect the eroded shoreline at the Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site hinges largely on technology that absorbs the energy of destructive waves created by passing ships.
Can New Reef Design Save Historic Shoreline?
The Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site’s storm-battered shoreline on the Cape Fear will soon test how a new oyster reef design curbs erosion in a high-energy wave environment.
