Old Town, Brunswick County, North Carolina

The Cape Fear Skyway (also called the Cape Fear Crossing) was a proposed limited access toll road and bridge in North Carolina, United States, that would pass through portions of New Hanover and Brunswick counties.

The Brunswick River in North Carolina runs for 6.2 miles along the west bank of Eagle Island near the city of Leland. The Brunswick River is a fork of the Cape Fear River; the river starts as an offshoot of the Cape Fear River at the town of Navassa and flows back into the Cape Fear River at the southern tip of Eagle Island. Mill Creek and Alligator Creek flow into the Brunswick River.

The Battle of Wilmington was fought February 11–22, 1865, during the American Civil War, mostly outside the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, between the opposing Union and Confederate Departments of North Carolina. The Union victory in January in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher meant that Wilmington, 30 miles upriver, could no longer be used by the Confederacy as a port. It fell to Union troops after they overcame Confederate defenses along the Cape Fear River south of the city. The Confederate General Braxton Bragg burned stores of tobacco and cotton, among other supplies and equipment, before leaving the city, to prevent the Union from seizing them.

Silver Lake is a census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,598 at the 2010 census, down from 5,788 in 2000. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Eugene Ashley High School is a high school just outside Wilmington, North Carolina, located in the New Hanover County School District. The facility was opened in the New Hanover County Veteran's Park in 2001. The school was named after Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Eugene Ashley, Jr., a native of Wilmington who died at age 37 in the battle of Lang Vei during the Vietnam War. As of the 2015–16 school year, it is 382 students over capacity.

Lords Creek is a stream in New Hanover County, North Carolina, in the United States.Lords Creek was named for William Lord, who owned the land where the stream is located.

Tregembo Animal Park is a zoo in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded as the Tote-Em-In Zoo in 1952 by George and June Tregembo, featuring animals and a collection of "oddities", the park was renamed the Tregembo Animal Park in 2004. Following the retirement of the owner, the facility was leased to Jerry Brewer until 2003 when the Tregembo family took over operations. Following this change, the Tregembos wanted to change the focus to education.

Monkey Junction is an unincorporated area near Wilmington in New Hanover County at the intersection of College Road (NC 132) and Carolina Beach Road (US 421). It is one of several centers of recent commercial and residential growth near Wilmington. In 2008, Wilmington began controversial efforts to annex the community, but in 2012, the annexation requests were overturned by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Sunset Park is a neighborhood south of the Historic Downtown of Wilmington, in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. It was designated a national historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Legion Stadium is a 6,000 seat stadium located in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is part of the Legion Sports Complex and was home of the Wilmington Hammerheads of the Premier Development League. Originally built in the 1930s, the facility received several renovations over the years, including a recent one in 2011. The stadium has 3,500 seats in the grandstand and 2,500 visitor seats. It also has 40 handicapped seats and a 4-acre (16,000 m2) parking lot.

The Legion Sports Complex is a complex mainly used for soccer that is based in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. It has multiple youth soccer fields where the Super Y-League club from the area plays and a 3,000 seater soccer-specific stadium called Legion Stadium. It is where the Wilmington Hammerheads of the United Soccer League and the W-League play.

Buck Hardee Field at Legion Stadium is a baseball venue in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. It is home to the Wilmington Sharks of the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The stadium, which seats 1,200 with standing room for several hundred more fans, is part of the multi-purpose sports complex known as Legion Stadium, which was also home to the Wilmington Hammerheads professional soccer team.The baseball field's dimensions are 336 ft. down the left field line, 366 ft. to dead center field, and 339 ft. down the right field line.The field is located at 2149 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, NC.