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Lessons of Core Sound Workboats

Lessons of Core Sound Workboats photo essay .................... by Lawrence S. Earley "Haul Boat and Shack, 2006." Core Sound is a shallow body of water in eastern North Carolina that carries the Core Sound National Seashore on its eastern shoulder and the Carteret County peninsula on its west. Between Beaufort, the mainland town that has prettied itself up over recent decades, and Cedar Island, a jumping-off point by ferry for the tourist destination of Ocracoke, a handful of small fishing villages comprise the area locally known as "Down East." For more than two centuries the people of Core Sound have lived off the bounty of the Sound and the sea. To negotiate Core Sound's notorious shoals and exploit its rich fisheries, they built shallow-draft vessels--versatile and adaptable boats that could be converted from haul boat to run boat and back again. In recent decades these boats could long-haul for trout from spring to fall, trawl for shrimp in summer, and kick clams or oysters in winter. When I talked with Core Sound residents, what I had often photographed as purely artistic compositions--boat, marsh, the Sound as landscape--became cultural documents loaded with significance and complexity. Primarily, of course, a boat is a physical object http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

Lessons of Core Sound Workboats

Earley, Lawrence S.
Southern Cultures , Volume 15 (2) – May 16, 2009
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photo essay .................... by Lawrence S. Earley "Haul Boat and Shack, 2006." Core Sound is a shallow body of water in eastern North Carolina that carries the Core Sound National Seashore on its eastern shoulder and the Carteret County peninsula on its west. Between Beaufort, the mainland town that has prettied itself up over recent decades, and Cedar Island, a jumping-off point by ferry for the tourist destination of Ocracoke, a handful of small fishing villages comprise the area locally known as "Down East." For more than two centuries the people of Core Sound have lived off the bounty of the Sound and the sea. To negotiate Core Sound's notorious shoals and exploit its rich fisheries, they built shallow-draft vessels--versatile and adaptable boats that could be converted from haul boat to run boat and back again. In recent decades these boats could long-haul for trout from spring to fall, trawl for shrimp in summer, and kick clams or oysters in winter. When I talked with Core Sound residents, what I had often photographed as purely artistic compositions--boat, marsh, the Sound as landscape--became cultural documents loaded with significance and complexity. Primarily, of course, a boat is a physical object

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Southern Cultures – University of North Carolina Press

Published: May 16, 2009

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