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Seashore Programs for March 2010 and Visitor Center Opening Dates

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Date: March 23, 2010
Contact: Wouter Ketel, (252) 728-2250 Ext. 3005

Harkers Island, NC -- Superintendent Russel J. Wilson announced the opening of visitor facilities at Cape Lookout National Seashore:   

 

  • The Light Station Visitor Center and Keepers’ Quarters Museum at the Cape Lookout Lighthouse will open on Wednesday, March 31. 
  • Portsmouth Village will open Monday, March 29.
  • Great Island and Long Point Camps will open on Friday, March 26.

 

Volunteers will present lighthouse talks daily at 10:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM on the porch of the Keepers’ Quarters next to the lighthouse.

 

Walking tours of Historic Portsmouth Village will be led by volunteers at 10:30 AM on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays beginning on Memorial Day and ending on Labor Day. Tours begin at the ferry landing.

 

Other programs by Park Rangers will be added as the season progresses. Contact the seashore at (252) 728-2250, ext 3001 for more information.

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Portsmouth Life-Saving Station crew pose in their surfboat.

"You have to go out, you don't have to come back" was the unofficial motto of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.  The Life-Saving Service rescued shipwreck victims from stations located in Portsmouth, and on Core Banks and Cape Lookout. Cape Lookout National Seashore More...