NC Gazetteer

Northeast Cape Fear River

Also known as: Northeast Fork, North East River, Northeast River
A river in Duplin County, Pender County, New Hanover County and Wayne County
… rises in NW Duplin County about 2 mi. S of Mount Olive; flows SE to form a part of the Duplin-Wayne county line; continues S through Duplin and Pender Counties; turns slightly W to form a part of the New Hanover-Pender county line; and flows S in New Hanover County, where it enters Cape Fear River at Wilmington. Appears as Northeast Fork and North East River on the Collet map, 1770.