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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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During the 1960s, Wilson Davis commuted back and forth by boat between Straits and the Cape while his wife and children lived at the cottage all summer. "It was nothing to come here from work and have four young'uns waiting for their daddy on the porch," says Davis. "Whenever my children come here now, they feel close to the Cape." Over the years, the house has withstood numerous hurricanes and nor'easters. The only destruction has been shredded roofs and other minor damage, says Davis. "I remember a nor'easter that threw a boat on the sand dunes," he says. The Coca-Cola house is one of the few houses still occupied by seasonal residents in the Cape Lookout Historic District on the southern end of Core Banks. There are no permanent residents on the island, which is accessible only by private ferry or boat. "Each of the remaining cottages has a different story," says North Carolina Sea Grant marine education specialist Lundie Spence. "I love the architecture and how they were designed for that location, including the Coca-Cola house with its porches and interior openness. It is a great example of a 'design with nature.' " Special Leases Fourteen houses in the historic district are under lease from the National Park Service, which owns the 28,243-acre seashore that stretches more than 56 miles — from Beaufort Inlet to Ocracoke Inlet, including Shackleford Banks and North and South Core Banks. Core Banks — a single island from the late 1800s until a 1933 hurricane cut an inlet through it — is divided at New and Old Drum inlets into South Core Banks, Middle Core Banks and North Core Banks. Barden's Inlet came as a result of the 1935 hurricane. In August 2001, some property owners on South Core Banks initiated a legal battle over expiring leases. When Core Banks was transferred from the state of North Carolina to the National Park Service in 1976, some cabin owners who did not want to sell were given 25- year leases that allowed them to use the houses TOP: The wood-framed life Saving Station has gables on the front. after the official transfer. BOTTOM: Ben Dawsey and his family often retreat to The Sea Dollar. Recendy, the Park Service settled the 8 WINTER 2003

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