How Fort Fisher Came to Be on Pleasure Island-- Part 2

In the late 1800s communities were developed on the lower Federal Point peninsula (between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean).  They were the communities/beach resorts of Carolina Beach, Wilmington Beach, Hanby Beach, Kure Beach (first called Fort Fisher Sea Beach as it was right by Fort Fisher).

In 1930, Snow's cut was made across the Federal Point peninsula which, in effect, turned the peninsula south of the cut (which is by where the bridge is) into an island.  Snow's Cut was a part of the Intercoastal Waterway.  After that, the area began to grow and the communities began tom merge their identities.  

In particular, Wilmington Beach and Hanby Beach began losing their identity.

In the 1970s,  the local Chamber of Commerce, local realtors and some local businessmen decided they needed a single name for all the communities on the new "island" for promotional purposes.  They came up with "Pleasure Island."  The state of North Carolina even adopted it into the official state map for a year or two.

So, It Was a Promotional Thing.  --Old B-Runner