Author: cabinculturesobx
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Fishing on North Core Banks
—Central to both life and leisure— Portsmouth Village– With the gradual end of maritime trading at Portsmouth after the Civil War, fishing became one of the primary means of livelihood for the residents. Fishing was not at a commercial scale, but rather for subsistence and barter. As described by George Brown Goode, a researcher for…
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South Core Banks–working the water
Clubs and Lodges– –one part of the story— local watermen working as guides and caretakers for clubs established by Northern Industrialists and out-of -county individuals as get-a-way settings for hunting and fishing Core Banks Club—Carteret Rod and Gun Club, Cedar Banks Club, Core Banks Rod and Gun Club, Core Banks Club Properties–1899 to 1999- (click…
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Fishing at the Cape
Cape Lookout Bight has always been home to fishing through all of documented history. Menhaden, Mullet, Shad, Turtles, Bottlenose Dolphin, and many other fish varieties were harvested. “Core Banks estimated 7,000 years old“–researchers Dr. Duncan Heron and Thomas Moslow (geologists for the Park Service) determined the Cape’s age from carbon dating. Cape Lookout was thought…
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Fishing in Back Sound and along Shackleford Banks
“….because of the closeness to the sea, this has been a town where water, fishing and shipbuilding influenced the people and architecture of the town…Fishing was the town’s and also the county’s chief economy.. In early days of settlement, Beaufort was known as “FishTown” and earlier as “Hungry Town” because of the poor living conditions…
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Coast Guard Reunion–2026
The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum hosted this reunion of Coast Guardsmen as part of the museum mission for the preservation and the sharing of the story of Core Banks and the Downeast cultural history. Over clam chowder and chili, Guardsmen had the opportunity to share their memories of service with one another. From the first…
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Fishing on Core Banks
We are blessed by our community connection to the sea and sound. Efforts to protect this resource and, at the same time, sustainably protect the efforts of local fishermen has been ongoing for a long time. This blog post is not directly about the threats to fishermen and our access to quality seafood but it…
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Cape Lookout Lighthouse–1859
A Spiritual Touchstone for the culture of the Banks and Downeast– Curt and Martha Salter, most every evening, would drive down to Shell Point at sunset to look across Barden’s Inlet to the touchstone of their lives. Like the rhythmn of a porch swing, the pulse of the Cape Lookout Light was a precious part…
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WORLD WAR II AND THE BANKS
Kept from the national public for fear of anxiety and panic, the locals–the Bankers–knew, and they did something about it…. Core Bankers and coastal citizens brought their knowledge and experience to the war effort. The Coast Guard and Navy benefitted especially from seaworthy and self-sufficient recruits. Many who served at Portsmouth, the Banks, and Cape…
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Core Banks has a Story to Tell us
Being a fellow “from off”, please allow me latitude as I relate the story the Banks and the C’ae bankers have been telling me. This is just a taste of the story I have accumulated but my hope is that it will be a fair partial representation of the Banks story. Where are the Core…
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U.S. Coast Guard’s First Rescue
Coast Guard Stations and their preceding Life-Saving Stations along the Banks were central to community life there. Stations at Portsmouth Vilage, Station Atlantic #189 (northern tip of South Core Banks), and Cape Lookout contributed greatly to life events and financial opportunity of each location. Ocracoke and Fort Macon stations flanked each end of the Banks.…