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 Cape Fear River is a long blackwater river in east central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River (North Carol ...
; the river starts as an offshoot of the
Cape Fear River
The Cape Fear River is a long blackwater river in east central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River (North Carol ...
at the town of
Navassa
Navassa Island (; ht, Lanavaz; french: l'île de la Navasse, sometimes ) is a small uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea. Located northeast of Jamaica, south of Cuba, and west of Jérémie on the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, it is subject to ...
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.
References
''Town of Leland''''Town of Navassa''* https://web.archive.org/web/20101031063136/http://www.ncsu.edu/paddletrails/southerncoast/sc10.html
Rivers of North Carolina
Rivers of Brunswick County, North Carolina
Tributaries of the Cape Fear River
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