E. G. Hamilton Camps

aerial photo 2-1-70 NPS

🟡 AVERAGE RESEARCH VOLUME

OWNERS

E. G. “Hamp” Hamilton

1971 purchased

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS

prior “Sterling Dixon Camps” purchased in 1971 after Sterling Dixon’s death from a heart attack

labelled as “Camp #14” on NPS reference documents


LOCATION
Southern Core Banks, Shingle Point and Great Island area–across from Davis, N.C.

Story

from 1970 NPS photo survey

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E. G. Hamilton Camps–previously “Sterling Dixon camps”

Hamilton transported 1,877 people and 52 vehicles to Core Banks during 1977–337 overnight stays Having the original three “Sterling Dixon cabins”, “His cabin accommodations are also primitive, but judged adequate by present visitor standards.”

“Hamp” was then and had been a friend of the Dixon family, nicknamed “Hamp”

E. G. Hamilton Camps–

Excerpts from 1976 NPS document–Supt. Riddell
Abandoned vehicles scattered the Banks–either left where they “died” or towed into position to create barrier dunes to protect the camp structures

Gallery

Photos from 2-24-70 taken as a National Park Service survey of structures

Credits

  1. NPS files and archives
  2. June 2026 interview with Marilyn Dixon
  3. Other references within text