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Shallotte Creekrises in S Brunswick County and flows W into Shallotte River.
Shallotte InletSW Brunswick County between Big Beach and Hales Beach connecting Long Bay in the Atlantic Ocean with the mouths of Shallotte River, Shallotte Creek, and Saucepan Creek. Provides access to the Intracoastal Waterway from the Atlantic Ocean.
Shallotte Riverrises in SW Brunswick County and flows NE and S into the Atlantic Ocean through Shallotte Inlet. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. May have been named for shallot, an onionlike plant growing in the vicinity.
Shallotte SoundSW Brunswick County between Brantley Island on the mainland and Hales Beach running parallel to and S of the Intracoastal Waterway. Narrow and approx. 1½ mi. long.
Shallotte TownshipSW Brunswick County.
Shallow Fordin Little Tennessee River in N Macon County.
Shallow Fordpassage through the Yadkin River, SE Yadkin County and SW Forsyth County. The main W road from the early Moravian settlements crossed there, and it is mentioned in records as early as 1767. Site of military encounters in both Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
Shallow Fordcommunity in N Alamance County served by post office, 1849-1903.
Shallowbag Baya bay in Roanoke Sound off the NE shore of Roanoke Island, E Dare County. The bay forms the harbor at the town of Manteo. In the late eighteenth century, it was referred to as Shalon-bas Bay (French chalonbas, "low trawl net"). Roanoke voyages-period vessel Elizabeth II, a reproduction, rests in bay.
Shalon-bas BaySee Shallowbag Bay.