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Shellbed Creek
Shellbed Creek is a tidal waterway located in the marsh islands of northern Smith
Island. The creek flows roughly from north to south with the tide across a tidal flat.
Shellbed Creek extends from the Cape Fear River on the north to Muddy Slough on the
south. This creek has been shown by name on maps since at least 1970 (USGS
1979a).
Smiths Creek
Smiths Creek, also shown as Smith Creek, flows southwest into the Northeast Cape
Fear River north of Wilmington. The creek has been indicated on maps of the vicinity
since the late eighteenth century and is a major tributary into the river. It is likely the
creek was named for Thomas Smith, an early eighteenth-century landowner, although
the exact origin is not known (Powell 1968:459; Holland 1794; Lewis 1795; Turner
1856; James & Brown 1870; USACOE 1937a; NOAA 1992).
Still Creek
Still Creek is one of the tidal waterways located in the marsh islands of northern Smith
Island. The creek flows from Muddy Slough southeasterly into Buzzard Bay. Still Creek
is shown by name on maps since at least 1944 (USCGS 1944b; USGS 1979a; NOAA
1992).
Tanyard Branch
Tanyard Branch was a small stream located in Wilmington. It began on the east side of
Third Street between Orange and Ann Streets and flowed due west into the Cape Fear
River. A tanyard established about 1825 was located at or near Second Street near the
stream (Moore 1968:111).
Town Creek (Old Town Creek, Indian Creek)
Town Creek is formed in east central Brunswick County by the junction of Rattlesnake
Branch and Lewis Swamp and flows southeast into the Cape Fear River just above
Campbell Island. Originally named Indian Creek by William Hilton in 1663, the creek is
first shown as Old Town Creek on the Moseley map of 1733. Old Town refers to the
Charles Towne settlement established from 1662 to 1663 as the center of a colony from
Charlestowne, Massachusetts, under the leadership of William Hilton. In 1664 a colony
from Barbados under the leadership of John Yeamans occupied the site, but it too
abandoned the site in 1665. The creek has been illustrated on numerous maps since
the eighteenth century and shown as either Old Town Creek or Town Creek, the name
commonly used today (Powell 1968:99,107,496; Angley 1983:2; Moseley 1733;
Mouzon 1775; Holland 1794; Potts 1797; Price and Strother 1807, 1808; Fulton 1823;
USACOE 1827; Mac Rae and Brazier 1833; U.S. Coast Survey 1856, 1865b; Colton
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