Lockwoods Folly Inlet

… between Holden Beach and Long Beach, through which Lockwoods Folly River flows into Long Bay of the Atlantic Ocean, S central Brunswick County. Appears on the Ogilby map, 1671. The name is derived from a man named Lockwood, who built a fine boat up Lockwoods Folly River but discovered that it was too large to float into the Atlantic through the inlet. He was forced to abandon his boat, and it eventually fell to pieces. Frequently in the seventeenth century, however, the word "folly" was used in the sense of the French folie (delight; favorite abode), and it formed a part of the name of English estates. Lockwoods Folly River, which see, has been described as the second-most-beautiful river in North Carolina, and it may have been the "delight" or "favorite abode" of an early settler named Lockwood. See also Longs Delight.