Caswell Beach

Caswell Beach consists of an assortment of summer homes as well as year round residences. The town is named after Fort Caswell which was built by the US Army in 1862 on the eastern end of the island to defend the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Fort Caswell is owned by the N.C. Baptist Assembly.

Caswell Beach is the home of the Oak Island Light House, literally a landmark along the East Coast. It is the brightest lighthouse in the USA and the second brightest in the world!