<P> It is formed at Haywood , near the county line between Lee and Chatham counties , by the confluence of the Deep and Haw rivers just below Jordan Lake . It flows southeast past Lillington , Fayetteville , and Elizabethtown , then receives the Black River approximately 10 miles ( 16 km ) northwest of Wilmington . At Wilmington , it receives the Northeast Cape Fear River and Brunswick River , turns south , widening as an estuary and entering the Atlantic approximately 3 miles ( 5 km ) west of Cape Fear . </P>
<P> It is formed at Haywood , near the county line between Lee and Chatham counties , by the confluence of the Deep and Haw rivers just below Jordan Lake . It flows southeast past Lillington , Fayetteville , and Elizabethtown , then receives the Black River approximately 10 miles ( 16 km ) northwest of Wilmington . At Wilmington , it receives the Northeast Cape Fear River and Brunswick River , turns south , widening as an estuary and entering the Atlantic approximately 3 miles ( 5 km ) west of Cape Fear . </P>
where does the cape fear river start and end
where does the cape fear river start and end
Haywood , near the county line between Lee and Chatham counties , by the confluence of the Deep and Haw rivers just below Jordan Lake the Atlantic approximately 3 miles ( 5 km ) west of Cape Fear
Haywood , near the county line between Lee and Chatham counties , by the confluence of the Deep and Haw rivers just below Jordan Lake the Atlantic approximately 3 miles ( 5 km ) west of Cape Fear