Willow Pond - update Dec. 5, 2007

(left) 6 Hooded Mergansers on Willow Pond yesterday and (below) the first school group to see the new waysides on the Pond Trail (Harkers Island Kindergarten class). harkers island kindergarteners at Willow Pond

harkers island kindergarteners at Willow Pond

The Willow Pond project moves forward thanks to the support of the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, Ducks Unlimited, NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation, Cape Lookout National Seashore and others ...

Tourism Cares for Tomorrow helped fund the development of a trail guide and interpretive signage that will be installed over the next several months.

Keep checking for website updates ....

Portsmouth Village Homecoming
April 19, 2008

SPECIAL HOMECOMING EVENTS

This year we celebrate the renovation of the Portsmouth Life-Saving Station.

The Homecoming program and dinner will be located on the Station grounds, as well as the Coast Guard drill. There will be people at the dock who will load your coolers, containers, chairs, etc. on carts and take them down to the Life-Saving Station area so you will be free to visit through the village in the morning without having to carry everything. Be sue to label your items.

The Post Office will offer a one-day-only special “Portsmouth” stamp cancellation. In addition to the Post Office and the Church, the Visitor Center, School, and some of the privately leased homes will be open to the public. For more information visit the Friends of Portsmouth Island web site.

Reservations to Portsmouth should be made ASAP

Call Rudy Austin at Ocracoke -- 252-928-4361 ($20 per person, round trip)

Join us! NEW New Member Gifts!

$30 Individual membership = 1 tee or 1 tote
$50 Family membership = 1 sweatshirt or 2 tees or 2 totes or a tee and a tote.
For more information call the museum 252-728-1500 or visit our membership page

Current members can purchace shirts and totes in the gift shop
or online!

Current Programs and Projects Underway

Check out our current newsletter for a report of all that’s been happening this summer

Community Nights: Please join us April 15 for Portsmouth night. Pot luck supper begins at 6; program at 7 and

May 20 for Atlantic night. Pot luck supper begins at 6; program at 7.

"Workboats of Core Sound" Symposium and Exhibit:

Saturday, March 1 was the date of the “Workboats of Core Sound” symposium at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center. The exhibit will remain up through June 30, 2008.

DOWNLOAD a slideshow presentation from the symposium (large Quicktime movie file, 3639 KB)

“I’ve been photographing the workboats of the region for more than 20 years, and I’ve also recorded the stories that fishermen and others tell about them,” said photographer Lawrence S. Earley whose black-and-white photographs will be featured at the event. “Some of these vessels are many decades old—some of them almost a hundred years old—and they have fascinating histories.” The exhibit and symposium will focus on some of the legendary boat builders of the region and their workboat designs.

The symposium and exhibit are sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Council and the North Caroliniana Society. The two non-profit foundations work with communities to promote increased knowledge and appreciation of the state’s heritage.