Hello folks,
I have been fishing around Cape Lookout since I was a young kid in the early 60's. I spent most of my time on Harkers Island during the summers. I still fish there and I'm now in my mid 60's.
I remember up until the late 70's - early 80's there were 2 cabins on the east end of Shackleford Banks. They were across from the lighthouse and just down from 3 sets of poles close to shore but in deep water tied/roped together at the top. I remember the poles were used for dredger docking and were called "The Dolphins" by the locals.
Jim and Nancy Reeves (Owners of Grayson's Marina, before they changed the name to Harkers Island Fishing Center) told me the folks that owned the cabins were given notice from the Park Service that they had to vacate the cabins and they would be burnt down. This was about the same time the A-Frame cottage near the lighthouse was moved to Harkers Island.
My question is: Does anyone have old photos of those 2 cabins and the Dolphins?

Thanks,
Mark

Folks,

I misspoke when I said the National Park Service would burn down the cabins on Shackleford Banks. An old friend of mine from Harkers Island reminded me of what happened.

After Shackleford Banks was designated a "wilderness area" the Park Service gave the owners of the cabins until midnight December 31, 1985 to remove their livestock and personal items including their fishing camps.
On a night in December of 1985 the cabins were burnt down by locals, not the Park Service.

It would be nice if the cabins were still there and being taken care of by the Park Service like they do the homes and other buildings on south Core Banks near the light house so visitors could see what life was like in those days.

I have old fishing movies I took that shows the cabins and the "Dolphins" in front of them but I never took photos of them. It was a mistake not photographing them. I must have thought they would always be there.

If anyone has photos of the cabins I will gladly pay them for copies or I can download them online.

Thanks again,
Mark