Roanoke Sound
Also known as: Walter Rawleigh, Sanderson's Channel
… between Roanoke Island and the Outer Banks in E Dare County. Known in the eighteenth century as Sanderson's Channel for Richard Sanderson, local landowner. The name Walter Rawleigh appears there on the Collet map, 1770, though it is uncertain whether it was intended to represent the name of the sound. See also Albemarle Sound.
