New in the collection: White Lake municipal license plate

License plate with words, "White Lake, Nation's Safest Beach"

“At this beach, the water is free of salt and jellyfish. Most of it is clear as a fountain, covering a little more than 2.5 square miles and reaching a depth of 12 feet. White Lake is technically not a lake but a Carolina bay marketed as the ‘Nation’s Safest Beach.’ The sandy lake floor slopes gently, making no sudden drops, and there are no undercurrents that will drag you away or marine critters that will take a bite out of you. The last alligator, for what it’s worth, was spotted and killed in 1956….”

— From “Town square: Sensibly shabby” by Bryan Mims in Business North Carolina (Aug. 1, 2016)

White Lake was the subject of a 2015 documentary by UNC Chapel Hill student Robert Kinlaw.

 

2 thoughts on “New in the collection: White Lake municipal license plate”

  1. Hi Aaron…. They show up occasionally on eBay under “License plates / US: North Carolina”…. And there’s a wide range of info available through the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association at https://www.alpca.org/

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