Read a Book

The book titled "Carolina Beach" has a chapter with pictures of the Boardwalk as it was in the first half of the twentieth century.  It is available at our public library (1401 N. Lake Park Blvd #72), 
 and the Federal Point History Center (1121 N. Lake Park Blvd).

Below is a link to purchase the book from Amazon as well as a few other books you may like.
Carolina Beach
Benny at the Beach

Learn more about Beaches and Sand Dunes

Click on the link below to learn more about how you can help to protect our sand dunes and beaches.


How dunes protect the beach

Learn More About the Carolina Beach Boardwalk

The Federal Point Historic Preservation Society (1121 N. Carolina Beach Blvd) offers a selection of books that explain the history of the Island.  You can also take a guided tour of the Boardwalk every Tuesday for $10 a person.  The tour begins near the Hampton Inn, and reservations are suggested but not required. For more information about tours and museum hours call 910-458-0502.

Did you know?

The highest Ferris wheel in the US the current record holder is the 167.6-metre (550 ft) High Roller in Las Vegas, US, which opened to the public in March 2014. (About one and a half football fields tall!)

Fireworks get their colors from a simple source: salt. The kind of salt that people often eat — sodium — produces yellow fireworks. Calcium salt produces orange, strontium creates red, barium makes green, copper begets blue, and for those who remember their color wheel, red and blue make purple.

Read more about fireworks: https://www.grunge.com/1326926/what-makes-fireworks-different-colors/