This all inclusive package offers premier accommodations, Hot Southern Breakfast Buffet each morning, daily housekeeping, greens fees for golf on over a dozen great area courses, carts and even free lunch at some courses – there is no better golf value around!

FALL FORE GOLF 9/1/2010-10/31/10

$99.00 Per Person All Inclusive – Package includes:

• Lodging
• Daily Hot Southern Breakfast Buffet
• Daily Round of Golf On Great Courses (See list below)
• Cart Fees
• Greens Fees
• Daily Housekeeping
• Rates based on 4 golfers in a 2 bedroom/2 bath suite, 8 golfers if a 4 bedroom/4 bath Resort House or 2 golfers in a one bedroom/one bath Camilla Guest Room.

Courses Include: The Pearl East, The Pearl West, Carolina National, Brierwood, Carolina Shores (Free lunch at course), Eagles Nest, Lockwood Folly, Farmstead, Meadowlands, Palmetto Greens (Free lunch at course), Sea Trail Maples, Sea Trail Byrd, Valley at Eastport

Lions Paw, Panthers Run & Magnolia Greens available for $10 more.

To book this golf package please call the The Winds Golf Desk Toll Free: 800/334/3581 or visit the The Winds Golf Package website: http://thewindsgolf.com Email:

GolfDesk@TheWinds.com

It all starts at 4:00pm when local dentist Bob Quintano’s band Silent Partner takes the stage. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy live entertainment.

Then popular beach music band The Embers perform from 6:00pm to 9:00pm with a spectacular fireworks display shortly afterward!

Fod and craft vendors will be at the waterfront throughout the day. A shotgun and apair of diamond earrings will be raffled as well as other merchant items!

For more info, call the Calabash Town Hall at 579-6747

By most standards the Calabash Seafood Hut is a tiny restaurant—it can only seat about 65 people in the dining area but customers have been happy to wait patiently in line outside because they know it’s worth the wait!
A part of Calabash history, the Calabash Seafood Hut was opened  by local Virgil Coleman back in 1961. Back then it went by the name “Calabash Drive-in,” There they served up hamburgers and seafood at the curbside.
These days the restaurant remains in the same family’s hands. Sisters Marilyn Howarth and Gail Russ, Coleman’s daughters, run the restaurant. But the family says they have no plans to expand stating that it would be the same if they did.
For years many newspapers and magazines have sung the praises of the Calabash Seafood Hut for both its food and and great service.
Coastal Living Magazine recently named it “Best Pick on the East Coast for its shrimp, scallop, fish and clam chowder”.
While in the area be sure not to miss this favorite of locals and visitors alike!
For more information on Calabash Seafood Hut, call 579-6723.

The Mayor, Anthony Clemmons announced the grant at the May monthly town commissioners meeting.

The park site selected is a vacant 1-acre lot, owned by the town located across from the Calabash Town Hall at the corner of Persimmon Road and Traders Lane.
The grant money was secured with the help of the Cape Fear Council Governments in Wilmington and Calabash town administrator Marzy Marziano, Clemmons said.

Mayor Clemmons stated that there are still a couple of steps left to go – a contract will be sent to the Town, the board will need to review it, send it back and then “we’ll be on our way to building the park next door.”

Detailed park drawings were on display at the meeting created by local developer Scott Stewart in conjunction with his architects.

Clemmons said “Scott saved us a couple thousand or more, and he will continue to support us in our efforts” .

Town commissioner Forrest King proposed the possibility of donating proceeds from a car show toward funding.

Clemmons said the town would be instituting a program involving presentation of the park diagram and requests for support.

Water Aerobics – Yoga – Water Zumba – Surf Lessons By Jeff

(Surf Lessons are not affiliated with The Winds or Parks & Rec. )

Classes are open to the public but guests of The Winds can participate at either greatly reduced fees or for free!

For Information on the Programs, Schedules and Fees PLEASE CLICK HERE!

Directions South on 17 past Brunswick Plantation, veer right on Hickman Rd, go 3.2 miles and house on right (#1470 on mailbox)with sign. Last house on right just before Indigo Farms.

An incredibly charming home! At one time it was the living quarters of the authentic Causeway Motel at OIB and was moved to the country and COMPLETELY remodeled and refurbished-SO tastefully. Beautiful original hardwood floors and partial cypress panelling but everything else is brand new and all to code. Gorgeous large kitchen w/ stainless appliances, window seat, and tin ceilings and brand new bathrooms, new roof, new heating and air, new insulation – everything NEW. Located on almost 1/2 acre just about across from Crow Creek Golf Course and has a huge deck in the back with complete privacy. Brand new garage built on – this is country living at its finest with easy access to everything!

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This beautiful oceanfront home is situated on a 0.373 acre lot. Its a great rental!
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As an Accredited Buyer Representative I can furnish information and represent you with regard to any properties in the Multiple Listing Service.

For more information on this or any other property anywhere in the area please contact me martha@pope-realestate.com.

With rates that include a full hot Southern Breakfast Buffet each day there is no better golf value around!

We’re talking free green fees for all Winds’ guests on a selection of top area courses FREE. All you pay in, addition to your regular lodging rates, is carts and tax.

FREE SUMMER GOLF – 6/01/2010 to 8/31/2010:

Courses include: Briarwood, Carolina Shores, Meadowlands, Farmstead, Palmetto Greens, Eagles Nest (after p.m.), Carolina National (after p.m.), Sea Trail’s Willard Byrd (after p.m.), Sea Trail’s Maples Course (after p.m.) Valley at Eastport (after p.m.), The Pearl (after p.m.)

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“Its All About Golf At The Winds!”

The Winds Resort Beach Club offers golfers a choice of oceanfront suites overlooking palm trees, subtropical gardens and our breathtaking powder-sand island beach or, for groups, our spacious 4, 5 and 6 bedroom Resort Cottages.

All packages include a Hot Southern Breakfast Buffet and use of all of The Winds Amenities: Three Pools (one indoor), Garden Bar Restaurant and poolside oceanfront Tiki-Bar

The Winds’ deserves its reputation for being “a golfer’s paradise”, boasting nearly 20 of the “Grand Strand’s” best courses within 8 miles, and close to 100 courses within 30 minutes drive. Golfers love our FREE Summer Golf Program!

Stay at the area’s premier oceanfront resort The Winds Resort Beach Club (5 -10 minutes from Sea Trail) and play all three Sea Trail’s great courses – Dan Maples, Willard Byrd and Rees Jones

Package includes:

• 3 Nights Lodging
• Daily Hot Southern Breakfast Buffet
• Daily Round of Golf On Each Of Sea Trail’s Three Courses
• Courses are Dan Maples, Willard Byrd and Rees Jones
• All Cart Fees
• All Greens Fees
• Daily Housekeeping
• (4 golfers in a 2 bdrm/2 bath suite)
• Prices based on 4 golfers in a 2 bdrm/2 bath suite or 8 golfers in a 4 bdrm/4 bath Resort House.

To book this golf package please call our Golf Desk: 800.334.3581 or email the GolfDesk

I recently took an afternoon off and revisited this incredible place – I hadn’t been there in years and forgot what I was missing.

First of all the location alone is amazing – wooden walkways wind amongst ruins of the pre-Revolutionary town which lie side by side with the remains of a Civil War era Confederate fortification originally called Fort St. Philip’s (later renamed Fort Anderson).

All of this is located along a virtually undeveloped area along the Cape Fear River offering some of the most beautiful views of the river seen through ancient live Oak trees dripping with Spanish moss. A great place to spend the day and have a picnic on the grounds.

I don’t know if there is anywhere where more history is packed into such a small area!
The town of Brunswick was settled by merchants coming from Barbados by way of Goose Creek SC in 1726 by Maurice Moore (who’s descendants later built Orton Plantation next to the town).

The port became a bustling shipping area for exporting tar, pitch, and turpentine. These products, derived from the resin of the longleaf pine, were known collectively as naval stores. This “sticky gold” was essential for building and maintaining the great wooden sailing ships of the Royal Navy and the merchant fleet that sailed the oceans between Europe, its American colonies, and the islands of the Caribbean.

In 1748 the town was attacked by Spanish invaders who were eventually driven off by 80 brave men many of which were African slaves.

In 1765 (eight years before the Boston Tea Party!) the residents challenged the Crown’s authority to distribute hated tax stamps halting the collection of the tax along the Cape Fear.

Brunswick was the seat of two Royal Governors until Brunswick’s decline which resulted from several factors, including the growth of Wilmington and the relocation of the royal governor to New Bern in 1770.

Few people remained in Brunswick in the spring of 1776 when British redcoats were put ashore from the Royal Navy ship Cruizer. Some reports indicate that much of the town was burned during this raid. By the end of the Revolutionary War families and merchants had moved to other locations, and the ruins and land became part of Orton Plantation in 1842. After being was razed by British troops in 1776 Brunswick was never rebuilt.

Painting Courtesy of Miller Pope from his book: "Tales of the Silver Coast".

Then, during the Civil War, Ft. Anderson was constructed atop the old village site. Colonial foundations dot the present-day tour trail, which crosses the earthworks of the Confederate fort. This serene riverside setting, colonial and Civil War history, and colorful exhibits will be long remembered by visitors.

In 1861 the Confederate States of America decided to build a large fort at the site as part of the river defense of Wilmington. The Cape Fear was an essential route for supplies moving by rail from Wilmington to Petersburg and Richmond for General Lee’s army.

The Confederate army used manual labor to construct the large sand fortification originally called Fort St. Philip’s. There were two batteries, each with five cannons overlooking the shipping channel and providing protection to blockade runners.

In February 1865, following the fall of Fort Fisher at the mouth of the river, Union forces repositioned to attack Fort Anderson. Federals attacked from the land and river. After three days of fighting, the Confederates evacuated the fort at night. Union gunboats started firing at first light, unaware Federal soldiers were breaching the walls of the fort. The infantry frantically waved sheets and blankets to stop the deadly fire from their own forces. There was a one-day fight north of the site at Town Creek before the Federals occupied Wilmington on George Washington’s birthday, February 22, 1865.

The Site Today

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, archaeologists uncovered foundations from Brunswick’s earliest days.

The most visible structure is the hulk of St. Philip’s Anglican Church with its surviving walls dating back to 1754.

Another interesting foundation is Russellborough, an old sea captain’s house that was used by royal governors Tryon and Dobbs.

The visitor center houses several displays that cover the time periods of both the old town and the fort.

In the lobby is a colorful mural created by Claude Howell and Catherine Hendricksen depicting a scene from a Spanish attack on the town in 1748.

Also the original large color painting of the Confederate soldiers shown above by Miller Pope (founder/owner of The Winds Resort Beach Club!). This painting is from his book Tales of the Silver Coast – A Secret History of NC’s Brunswick County.

All of Miller Pope’s books are available at his website http://MillerPope.com

A cannon on display was recovered from the river in 1986 and is believed to be from the Spanish ship Fortuna, which blew up in the river as the townspeople regained control of the port.

The remains of homes, businesses, and other buildings bear witness to the story of Brunswick. Along with artifacts from the Civil War and the imposing mounds of Fort Anderson, this site offers a unique look at two fascinating periods of American history.

“For there are deeds that should not pass away,
And names that must not wither.”
- plaque in St. Philip’s Church

Brunswick Town? 8884 St. Philip’s Rd. SE?, Winnabow, NC 28479? Phone: (910) 371-6613? Email: brunswick@ncdcr.gov
Hours of Operation: Monday – Saturday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Closed Sunday.