muskrat wrote:
... try the Cape Fear from like Fayetteville to Wilmington? Deep
water
all the way.


Depends on what you mean by "deep."


Bill wrote:
Anyone have knowledge of the Cape Fear above Fayetteville or a source
of charts?


Charts? You can follow it on a topo map. The Cape Fear was improved for
navigation back in the 1800s but there's nothing remotely resembling a
channel any more. The first rapids are at Raven Rocks a few miles above
Lillington.

DSK