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Bear GapS Yancey County between Blue Sea Creek and Beech Nursery Creek.
Bear GapS Clay County on Chunky Gal Mountain.
Bear Grass Creekrises in central Craven County and flows S into Trent River S of New Bern.
Bear InletSE Onslow County, through which Brown's Sound drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Mentioned in local records as early as 1713 and appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Following the Spanish alarm of 1747, Bear Inlet Fort was constructed there.
Bear Islanda sand island in the W section of Angola Bay, N Pender County.
Bear Islandnot now identifiable, appears on the Moseley map, 1733, in Bogue Sound, S Carteret County W of Dog Island.
Bear Knobon the Cherokee-Graham county line.
Bear KnobSW Macon County between Little Indian Creek and Nantahala River.
Bear Marsh Branchrises in NW Duplin County and flows SW into Merritt Mill Pond and Goshen Swamp.
Bear MountainS Jackson County between Doubletop Mountain and Glassy Rock Creek. Alt. 4,650.