South Brunswick Islands: Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Sunset Beach

by Pamela M. Koontz

Overview

The South Brunswick Islands--Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Sunset Beach--are man-made barrier islands formed when the North Carolina section of the Intracoastal Waterway was constructed between 1930 and 1940. In the late 1940s, Odell Williamson dreamed of a tranquil, family-vacation island and began buying tracts of land that would later become Ocean Isle Beach. This seven-mile-long island was incorporated as the town of Ocean Isle Beach in 1959. Mannon C. Gore envisioned the three miles of Sunset Beach as a peaceful residential community when he purchased the island in 1955. With over eight miles of oceanfront, Holden Beach is the longest and the largest of the three islands in the group. Each island boasts a unique character and has remained quiet with pristine beaches and a focus on families.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439651353
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/18/2015
Series:	Images of America Series
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	22 MB
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About the Author

Pamela M. Koontz is an author and photojournalist. Some of her fondest memories are of exploring the South Brunswick Islands: walking the beach, fishing from the pier, checking turtle nests, and attending Sunday-morning service on the beach at Ocean Isle. Images within these pages are provided courtesy of the Gore, Williamson, and Holden families; Ingram Planetarium; and the Museum of Coastal Carolina.