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Upper: Lundie Spence, North Carolina Sea Grant education specialist, looks at seashells piled along railings at the former US Coast Guard station, now used as a North Carolina Maritime Museum field station, Lower: Fishing is a popular activity along Core Banks

Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_16 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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TOP: Lundie Spence, North Carolina Sea Grant education specialist, looks at seashells piled along railings at the former U.S. Coast Guard station, now used as a N.C. Maritime Museum field station. BOTTOM: Fishing is a popular activity along Core Banks. For the rest of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Core Banks was a retreat for seasonal residents, many of whom were connected to the Cape by deep family roots. June Long, who has been coming to her cottage since the 1950s, says it was a "closeknit group." "My father came to the Cape from the 1920s until his death in 1972," says Long. "There were still horses and cattle on the island in the 1950s." Long-rime seasonal residents were over here like David Yeomans, who still has a home at the Cape, she says. "The Coast Guard was active. Everybody was friendly. If your car got stuck in the sand, the Coast Guard would come and help you get out." From the 1950s to 1970s, the Cape also was abuzz with real estate activity, including the state of North Carolina's purchases for a proposed state park. When the Park Service took over the island from the state in the 1970s, many changes began occurring, including the legal status of the cottages. "We couldn't land our plane on the island anymore," says Long. In the 1980s, the Coast Guard station was decommissioned. The building is now being used as a field school for the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort. Different shaped seashells adorn the railings. Clusters of ratdebrush speckle the yard with their fiery red petals. Island Tour To get to North Core Banks, you have to take the Alger Willis ferry from Davis. After arriving, you need a four-wheel drive vehicle or truck. While bumping along the sandy back road from North Core to South Core Banks, you pass miles of barren beaches with sand dunes. The first landmark is the diamond lighthouse that overlooks the Atlantic. Soon, you cross a small wooden-planked bridge and see the first cottages in the historic district One of the oldest landmarks is the Life Saving Station, which was built in 1888. The two-story building — now a retreat for Samuel and Sara Daniels of Morehead City — has a 10 WINTER 2003

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