From the May 2017 Federal Point Historic Preservation Society Newsletter.
If you're driving on U.S. Highway 421 south of Wilmington, North Carolina, heading to the beaches on what is now referred to as Pleasure Island, you may notice crossing a pretty big bridge over some water. That is the Snow's Cut Bridge.
That bridge always excited me growing up because that meant I got my first glimpse of the ocean and my favorite beach of all time, Carolina Beach. The old heart started going pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat. We have ARRIVED. Hot Dog!!
Of course, speaking of hot dogs, we already would have stopped at Paul's Place in Rocky Point for their famous hot dogs (with that sauce!!). Just part of the going to the beach thing.
Well, that stretch of water that the bridge crosses has a name. It is Snow's Cut. It took its name from the man who engineered it, Major William A. Snow, a World War I veteran. That water the bridge crossed is part of the Intercoastal Waterway and connects the Cape Fear River on the west side to sounds on the east side.
--Cooter
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