Masonboro Inlet is an

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in New Hanover County, North Carolina, separating the town of Wrightsville Beach from Masonboro Island. The inlet was used as a hideout by Confederate blockade runners during the

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. The blockade runners would hide in the inlet until nightfall, then sail to the nearby port of Wilmington in the cover of darkness.The Blockade-Runners
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{{Coord, 34, 11, 06, N, 77, 48, 44, W, display=title Inlets of North Carolina Bodies of water of New Hanover County, North Carolina