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Sunset Beach,
North Carolina
Congratulations!
By virtue of the fact that you're at this site, consider yourself among the luckiest, if
not the most sagacious, of explorers for having chosen Wilmington and North Carolina's
Southern Coast as your destination.
Sunset Beach,
described as a diminutive island gem, is only 3 miles long. Despite its
size, this island experienced a 150 percent population increase between 1990
and 1997, with a current year-round population of more than 2,000 residents.
Because it is reached by a one-lane pontoon bridge, making it the only
island without a high-rise bridge in Brunswick County, there is sometimes a
bit of a wait to get to Sunset in the high tourist season. However, the
island is well-worth the wait. This bridge will probably be replaced by a
high-rise someday, if the Department of Transportation has its way, but that
discussion has been going on for years. Islanders like their bridge the way
it is because it tends to keep traffic levels down.
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