Bald Head Island has been home to two separate lighthouses. Neither is in use now, though. The new sentry over the Cape Fear River is Oak Island. Located near a Coast Guard station, this tri-colored lighthouse is still in service today, It is one of two in-service lighthouses that does not use a black-and-white pattern on the NC coast, opting instead for three different colors of concrete.

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