For $4 million, an N.C. island could be yours
RALEIGH — On a Google map, Lea Island shows no roads, no cities and no landmarks of any kind except this description in red: “Remote habitat with shells and birds.”This undeveloped sliver of sand endures just south of Topsail Island off the Pender County coast, so isolated that it gets no mention in The Gazetteer — an encyclopedia that includes every North Carolina swamp, creek and flyspeck town.But Lea Island, where loggerhead turtles outnumber […]
