Figure Eight Island Figure Eight Island Figure Eight Island is a North Carolina barrier island just north of Wrightsville Beach, widely known as an affluent summer colony and vacation desitination. The island is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Area, and lies between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. As a private island, Figure Eight can only be reached by boat or via a guarded causeway swing bridge — the only private bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in the Southeast. The island has been a destination for celebrities and politicians, including former Vice President Al Gore and Senator John Edwards, — and a
Macquarie Harbour Penal Station - Being an account of twelve voyages to Macquarie Harbour and Sarah Island" furthers understanding of the history and the recent archaeological work on the island. The films "The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce" and "Van Diemen's Land" deal with one of the more notorious escapees. 3 September 1830 five men ran away from the settlement, Richard Hutchinson, William Coventry, Patrick Fagan, Mathew Macavoy, and Broughton, and that they were upwards of thirty days before the two 'survivors' surrendered themselves at Macguire's Marsh near Osterley. Macquarie Harbour Penal Station The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, a former British colonial penal settlement,