From the February 28, 2021, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Nature trails? Markets? How Wilmington area historic sites plan to welcome locals, tourists" by Hunter Ingram.
It's been nearly a year now since most were shut down by you-know-what, places like Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson and Fort Fisher state historic sites and historic homes like Bellamy Mansion and Burgwin-Wright are all prepping new programs, revamped layouts and ham-packed calendars to welcome the folks back after that dismal summer of 2020.
The staff at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson (site of a colonial town and Civil War fort) on the west side of the Cape Fear River has been hacking away at some of the overgrown parts of the site. They have 120 acres of land nut only about 40 have been accessible and viewable by the public.
They want to revive a few nature programs to give visitors a new perspective on the site's Revolutionary and Civil War aspects of the site.
"We're trying to rebuild old nature trails and put in new nature trails," said site manager Jim McKee. "There are some beautiful, drop-dead gorgeous viewscapes out here in the woods and this is us trying to open them up a bit."
--Old B-Runner
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