Beaufort NC Inlet & Harbor

1st Cape Lookout Lighthouse   Artistic Rendering The Fulford family, some of the first to settle in "Core Sound,"...

ALBUM of 1862 ETCHINGS and DRAWINGS During the 18th and 19th centuries the area around Beaufort and Beaufort Inlet was highly vulnera...

Did you know “Town Marsh,” “Bird Shoal” and that portion of Taylor’s Creek are included on the National Register of Historic Places as par...

U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Laboratory 1902‒1953 In 1764, Peter Piver and William Robertson acquired acreage on the west end of Beaufort, t...

Image courtesy crystalcoastnc.org John Shackelford (1688–1734) and brother Francis Zeheriah Shackelford (1675 – 1722) patented a ...

A Beaufort resident placed horses on Carrot Island during the 1940s; livestock was also taken over to graze. With the resident's passin...

1733 PORT BEAUFORT Click images to open viewer On his 1733 "New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina," Edward M...

Photo contributed by Reserve volunteer, Robin Newton. Horses are from the same social group or "harem." Left to right:...

A synopsis of Rachel Carson Reserve information, transcribed/compiled/updated by Mary Warshaw from The North Carolina Coastal Reserve & ...

YAUPON HOLLY Ilex vomitoria Yaupon holly is an evergreen shrub that grows wild in coastal areas in well-drained sandy soils, and can be ...