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    A “beach wedding” is a major draw for hundreds of couples who come to the Wilmington area every year to get married.
    That doesn’t necessarily mean the ceremony itself will be held on the sand.
    The setting might be one of the region’s other waterfronts: the historic Cape Fear River downtown, or the scenic shores of the many salt-water creeks and sounds between Topsail Island and Brunswick County.
    The beach proper remains a favorite setting for portraits and formal group photographs.
    Chris and Nikki Cook did their group photos at Wrightsville Beach the morning of their wedding day, Sept. 10, 2005. Advance winds from slow-moving Hurricane Ophelia gusted off the ocean, snatching Nikki’s veil away.
Bridesmaid Lauren Mendenhall rescues the veil...
...just in time for Nikki to see her groom’s arrival.
On the Waterfront
 
 
 
 
 

The Cape Fear River as seen from the downtown Riverwalk, next to the Henrietta III dock.
   
      The wedding and reception took place on the riverboat Henrietta III, cruising on the Cape Fear River.
    Chris and Nikki chose to break the old taboo about not seeing each other before the ceremony so they could do their group photos on the beach.
    Aside from allowing the use of a different setting from the wedding site, this let the bridal party and the photographer work without being rushed, and not keep the wedding guests waiting.

    
 
 

 

      Nikki and her bridesmaids waited on the beach for Chris and his groomsmen to make a grand entrance.
    The marriage ceremony took place on the 		  stern deck of the Henrietta III, cruising the Cape Fear River past downtown Wilmington’s historic waterfront.
    The reception was also on board.

  
   

 

   
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Exposed Vision
Henrietta III
 

      Using two waterfront locations, as the Cooks did, need not be time-consuming. From Wrightsville Beach to downtown Wilmington is now just a 20-minute drive on the newly opened Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway.
    For details about locations with water views, see:
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