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Department of Geography
Department of Geology
Department of History
Program in Maritime Studies

Maritime Heritage at Risk

Multi-Disciplinary Training and Technology 2016-2018 (Funded by the National Park Service)

The Project
Meet the Teams
- Field School Team Summer 2019
Technology
Baldhead Island
Ocracoke Island
FORT FISHER
Portsmouth Island
Beach Shipwrecks
Fish houses
William Lawrence Shipwreck
Tar River
Lake Phelps
Public and Professional Presentations
Student Theses and Dissertations related to Project
Bibliography

Maritime Heritage at Risk

Topsail Wreck

News Reports:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article174295191.html

http://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20090911/wreckage-of-storied-ship-unearthed-at-topsail-island

Location of the Topsail Beach wreck in relation to Barnacle Bill Pier (Courtesy of Nathan Henry, Underwater Archaeology Branch, NCDNCR).

Location of the Topsail Beach wreck in relation to Barnacle Bill Pier with context to the shoreline development (Courtesy of Nathan Henry, Underwater Archaeology Branch, NCDNCR).