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2000 Map of Little Fishing Point

Name: 2000 Topographic Map of Little Fishing Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

Pamlico Sound dominates this coastal survey, where the brackish waters meet a highly fragmented shoreline of points and small bays. The geography is defined by low-lying maritime features such as Little Fishing Point, Big Fishing Point, and the isolated landmass of Sow Island. This area marks a quiet interface of water and marsh, located where the boundary between Pamlico County and Carteret County cuts across the open sound.

Insight into the maritime navigation of the era is found in the placement of a solitary Light and the intricate drainage of Big Oyster Creek. While the shoreline appears sparsely inhabited, the naming of specific landings like Canal Point and Oyster Creek Point suggests a landscape shaped by local fishing and small-craft transit. The hydrography, rooted in data from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, reflects over a century of coastal monitoring along these shifting North Carolina banks.