Carlie and ammie Willis fishing camps

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Story
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OWNERS

Carlie Willis
Ammie Willis

1961 till 1977
1922 till 1961

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS

one five-plex and 3 single cabins and 55 special permit structures–1,382 visitors and 20 vehicles carried to the camp in 1976


LOCATION
Southern Core Banks, Shingle Point and Great Island area

Story

Park Service map of fishing camps–Ammie Willis was father of Carlie, camp operation was passed along

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Carlie Willis Camps/Ammie Wils Camps

“accommodations “adequate for their needs”

1382 visitors–318 overnight stays–20 vehicles (1976)

Ammie Loren Willis (1892-1961)–well-known hunting and fishing guide. Regular customers included Igor Sikorsky (aircraft fame), Babe Ruth and Ted Zachary (the opposing pitcher who had thrown “Babe” the pitch for his first and 60th homers in his legendary season).

The Beaufort News said “….Everyone who’s ever been hunting down east knows Ammie Willis of Davis, the oldest hunters’ guides in Carteret County…in hunting season, Cape. Ammie can accommodate up to sixteen hunters in his house for the Core Banks area.”

Ammie Willis–internet photo–at “Ammie Willis Camps” across from Davis

Davis Family Camp–the Davis family camp is one documented example of camps in the Carlie Willis Camps area.

More current photo of area after the camps were removed

William Carlie Willis died June 21, 1998 in Davis, N.C. at age 80.

Gallery

scenes from Carlie’s camps

Carroll and Dickie at the landing
Scanner

Credits

  1. Mike Carroll Interview–June 2026
  2. Park Service archives and files
  3. Other references within text