Blackbeard Point Jun 2026

Near this shore, Edward Teach – Blackbeard – anchored his last refuge. June 1718. He who digs here digs with the devil.

"Let go!" Elias choked out, thrashing. He kicked his boot against the iron lantern, shattering the ancient glass. blackbeard point

Elias wedged the shovel into the seam and heaved. The wood groaned, a sound uncomfortably like a human sigh, and popped open. Near this shore, Edward Teach – Blackbeard –

He was halfway out on the Point, the water lapping at his ankles, when the wind died. It didn't just die down; it stopped, as if the world had held its breath. The usual cacophony of gulls and crashing surf vanished, replaced by a ringing silence. "Let go

Historians concede that while Blackbeard almost certainly used the Cape Fear River as a base, the specific “Blackbeard Point” we know today may be a composite of several locations. Yet the name has stuck. It appears on local nautical charts, and a small, weathered granite marker—often stolen or defaced—has been erected and re-erected by the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society. The inscription reads simply: