An interactive museum exhibition about Earth and space science is opening up at Cape Fear Museum of History and Science in Wilmington.
Discover ‘Sun, Earth, Universe’ at Cape Fear Museum
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Historian David Cecelski found interviews from the Great Depression from a seaman from Ocracoke, a country doctor from Lake Mattamuskeet, a Norwegian dredge boatman in Beaufort, a washerwoman in Elizabeth City and others.
Hard times: Voices from the Great Depression on NC coast
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The Ocracoke Island Discovery Center will be open from 9 a.m.-noon. and 1-4 p.m., seven days a week.
Ocracoke Island Discovery Center now open to visitors
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A boat nearly crashed into them, then they realized there was no one on board.
Roanoke father-son duo rescue missing boater 40 miles off North Carolina coast
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Albemarle Plantation Marina, a port on the Albemarle Loop and a CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, is located just off the AICW on the northern shores of Albemarle Sound on Yeopim River/Creek.
We visited this as one of our Albemarle Loop stops. Two free dock nights, just pay for electricity. Gorgeous residential development with many amenities – pool, laundry, golf, two restaurants, etc. BIG, so you might want to rent a golf cart ($25/2 days, $35/week). There are means to provision from a local grocery Food Lion?) that has a reasonable $ delivery service.
Fueled up upon arrival – very easy and price competitive ($2.70/gal diesel that date).
Very helpful/accommodating dock staff, most everyone I met there very nice (including the residents), and a must stop in my opinion. We got hit with a gustnado and lost a bimini, but that was mother nature, not AP.
Hits – I think pretty shallow in spots. I kicked up a lot of mud (4′ draft). No incident.
Open to the south, so the 12 mile fetch can produce rollers that come on in.
I intend to go again.
James H Ward Jr
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Albemarle Plantation Marina
A new section focused on the Southeast region is now on the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, a website designed to help people find and use tools, information and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience.
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit now features Southeast
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Powerful fighters that can test any anglers’ tackle and ability to land them, greater amberjack are often called “reef donkeys.”
Stubborn greater amberjack live up to ‘reef donkey’ name
CoastalReview.org
To access the Cape Lookout Anchorage when the oceanside waters are kicking up, cruisers with shallow draft who wish to anchor in Cape Lookout Bight may choose to access the anchorage via Taylor Creek and Barden Inlet which separates Shackleford Banks and Core Banks. See Numerous ATON Changes.
Waters near Cape Lookout have become increasingly perilous because of shoaling and shifting channels, despite a two-year-old agreement between Carteret County and the National Park Service that has provided more than $5.67 million for dredging.
More boaters finding trouble in waters near Cape Lookout
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Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Cape Lookout Bight
The Coast Guard is making more than two dozen changes to aids to navigation near Shackleford Banks and Harkers Island in Carteret County. In rough offshore weather Cruisers with shallow draft who wish to anchor in Cape Lookout Bight may choose to access the anchorage via Taylor Creek and Barden Inlet which separates Shackleford Banks and Core Banks.
Coast Guard changing aids to navigation in Carteret waters
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Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Cape Lookout Bight
A longtime CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, historic Edenton is at the mouth of the Chowan River on the northwest shore of Albemarle Sound.
Pasquotank, Chowan rivers crucial to area’s history, recreation
The Daily Advance
Shoaling threatens navigation in economically vital Hatteras Inlet, prompting frustrated fishers to dub the South Ferry Channel the “Ditch of Death.” A consultant, responding to conditions, told the Dare County Waterways Commission Monday that continuing to dredge the passage appears “futile.”
‘Ditch of Death’: Navigation in Hatteras Inlet dicey … again
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Coastal Review is featuring the work of North Carolina historian David Cecelski, who writes about the history, culture and politics of the North Carolina coast.
Women gutting and heading herring at either the Perry-Belch or Cannons Ferry fishery, ca. 1937-41. Like so many women in those days, they’re using old fertilizer bags as aprons. Many a family came down to the river with that kind of fertilizer bag and carried salt herring home in them, too. Photo by Charles A. Farrell. Courtesy, State Archives of North Carolina
Our Coast’s History: The Herring Workers
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These live-fire drills in the New River restricted areas, inshore and offshore, have been ongoing since 2019 and, as indicated in the notice below, these areas are closed to navigation and restrictions will continue for some time.
Click here for Restricted Areas
The Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center is located adjacent to the Dismal Swamp State Park, offering trails, exhibits and ongoing programs in Camden County, NC. Docks are provided by the Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR and a NC DOT Rest Area facility. Congratulations to Sarah Hill and her staff for this well deserved award!
Click here for Camden TDA- Telly Award 2021
Camden County TDA and Mike Martine, with Eye Candy Digital Video, won a 2021 Bronze Telly Award in Online Commercials: Campaign-Branding for our “Wide Open Spaces” promotional video created last fall utilizing NC Recovery Grant funds procured through Visit NC. This was one of five videos created with Eye Candy Digital Video, promoting mental and physical wellbeing through Outdoor Recreation.
The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks, production companies like Netflix, Dow Jones, Hearst Media, ESPN Films, and Vimeo. Last year, the awards attracted more than 12,000 entries from top video content producers including Adobe, the BBC, PBS, and The Walt Disney Company.
We invite you to visit the Camden County tourism website at www.VisitCamdenCountyNC.com to view the video and learn more about our beautiful wide-open spaces, outdoor recreational opportunities and local businesses.
We are so excited to share the great news with everyone! Thank you all!
Sarah
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| Sarah Hill Director, Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center Chairperson, Camden County Tourism Development Authority 2356 US Hwy 17 North, South Mills, NC 27976
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BoatBlurb was launched in 2020 by Digital Era Media Inc., who have over 20 years of experience in the boating industry. Our thanks to Scott Way for sharing this article by Richard Crowder.
Boating In North Carolina’s Legendary Pamlico Sound
BoatBlurb
New Bern is home to New Bern Grand Marina, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, which lies in the heart of downtown New Bern, North Carolina.
New Bern in 1898 could have easily experienced a coup similar to the massacre that took place in Wilmington the same year, writes North Carolina historian David Cecelski.
The other coup d’etat: Remembering New Bern in 1898
David Cecelski on Coastal Review Online
We can't thank all of our cruising friends for their support over the years. We hope to see many of you at our marina in the future sometime soon!
A new video takes a deep dive into the dangers of North Carolina’s Graveyard of the Atlantic and tours the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village.
Underwater Tour of Graveyard of the Atlantic: Video
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The Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center is located adjacent to the Dismal Swamp State Park, offering trails, exhibits and ongoing programs in Camden County, NC. Docks are provided by the Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR and a NC DOT Rest Area facility. Our thanks to Director Sarah Hill for these photos. See also Spring Conditions.
Greetings!
It’s a beautiful spring day at the Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center! We couldn’t resist sharing a few images from a Friday afternoon at the swamp, with north & south bound boaters cruising through.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Sara
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Sarah Hill
Director, Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center
Chairperson, Camden County Tourism Development Authority
2356 US Hwy 17 North, South Mills, NC 27976
| 252-771-8333 | shill@camdencountync.gov |
| www.DismalSwampWelcomeCenter.com
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There are multiple ways to visit Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke lighthouses this year.
Bodie Island Lighthouse. Photo: NPS/Kurt Moses
Visit Outer Banks lighthouses in-person, online
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These ICW buoys are on the southeast shoulder of the Waterway south of its intersection with Howards Creek.
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