Beaufort Inlet
Also known as: Topsail Inlet, Old Topsail Inlet
S central Carteret County, from the Atlantic Ocean into Bogue Sound, between Bogue Banks on the W and Shackleford Banks on the e. Appears as Topsail Inlet on the De Graffenried map (French text), 1711, and was later known as Old Topsail Inlet.