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Bogue Banks form a
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off the mainland of
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in
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. The island, separated from the mainland by
Bogue Sound Bogue Sound is a lagoon in the state of North Carolina separating the Bogue Banks, a barrier island, from the mainland. The sound is part of North Carolina's "Crystal Coast", a tourism marketing term that is also used interchangeably with the ...
, runs east to west, with the ocean beaches facing due south. Bogue Banks is the only island on the Carteret County shore that has been developed with housing: numerous communities are located on the island and can be accessed by one of two bridges across Bogue Sound, either from
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to
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, which is the more heavily traveled bridge, or from Cape Carteret to Emerald Isle. The communities of Bogue Banks are the most prominent of the
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.
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traverses a majority of the island's length. There are several hotels that dot the island, but most of the land contains private houses, some of which are rented out during the summer, or
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. Stores and other commercial properties are limited to the five main communities.


History

During a survey titled "The Greater Beaufort Area at 1800" completed by the North Carolina State College, or present-day
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's School of Design preserves the original
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s for the area surrounding Beaufort. The School of Design delineators were; L. B. Askew Jr., W. M. Coble and E. H. Williams Jr. and show the place name of present-day Bogue Banks as Bordens Banks with the present-day
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near
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as Topsail Inlet. Also represented is the present-day location of
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, known in 1800 as Shepard's Point, which was owned by the Shepards Point Land Company.


Salter Path

The decline in the whaling industry in the mid-to-late 19th century and good
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on Bogue Banks caused many settlers, mostly near Cape Lookout (Diamond City), to move toward the middle and western reaches of Bogue Banks. The community of Salter Path is believed to be named after Owen Salter or possibly Riley Salter although Riley Salter’s true whereabouts during the 1880s has been questioned by historians and native Bogue Bankers. Schools of mullet that ran close to the ocean shorelines were the prime catch for many of the natives. These fishermen would quickly tramp from the sound to the ocean, wearing a path in front of a Salter household, hence the name Salter Path. Many of the families who moved to Salter Path in the late 19th century and early 20th century established their residences without deeds before Bostonian John A. Royall purchased Salter Path and 8,000 acres on Bogue Banks in 1910. Royall acquired nearly two thirds of the Island. (8,000 acres). The area of Salter Path subsequently became known as a squatters' community until Royall later provided deeds to any of the families on Salter Path who had an actual structure. Royall and his wife, Agatha Freeman Royall, helped the Salter Path families establish a school and a church for their community. John Royall built a house on the island known as Pine Court. Royall was a conservationist and steward to the natural beauty of the island In addition to the main house, Royall built a physician’s cottage (later renovated and leased to Alice Green Hoffman) and a Tea House on the ocean side of the island now a popular look-out. In 1923, John A. Royall sold 2,000 acres of his property to Alice Green Hoffman, a distant relative of
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and daughter of Alfred Green. Alice Hoffman renovated and added on to John A. Royall’s main house, estate in present-day Pine Knoll Shores. After purchasing the property from Royall, Alice Hoffman sued the residents of Salter Path in 1923 because their
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were wandering onto her estate. A subsequent court decision permitted the residents of Salter Path to remain, but the cows were not allowed to graze on the Hoffman estate. The village was restricted to that the squatters occupied, and direct ownership of the beachfront was granted to the village to use collectively. This ruling further stated that only current residents and descendants could occupy the property, but it did not give any individuals
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to the land. This ruling remained intact until 1979 when a legal settlement permitted Salter Path residents to hold title to their property and for Carteret County to levy
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on the former squatter’s village.


Points of interest

The Emerald Isle
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Station is located on the western end of Bogue Banks;
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, located on the eastern end, beyond Atlantic Beach, saw action during the
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; there the ornithologist and naturalist
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spent two years, 1869–70, as US Army surgeon, taking the opportunity to study the sea birds, marsh birds and shore birds that nested there, noting
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and
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, "describing a coastal world scarcely touched by commercial fishing, much less by the unrestrained tourism and real-estate development of today". Today, with some of the highest
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s on the East Coast, it is North Carolina's most visited state park. The North Carolina Aquarium, one of three, is located in
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in the middle of the island. Surrounding the aquarium is the Theodore Roosevelt Natural Area, a maritime forest owned, maintained and protected by the state. It is one of the few remaining
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s on North Carolina's barrier islands. A historic marker stands at the corner of N.C. 58 and Pine Knoll Boulevard (at mile marker 7), noting the spot of the first landing of Europeans on the North Carolina coast.
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, a Florentine
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, explored the state's coast from
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to Kitty Hawk in 1524. His voyage along the coast marked the first recorded European contact with what is now North Carolina.


Communities

The island is located in Morehead Township and White Oak Township. The following are communities on Bogue Banks: *
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* Emerald Isle * Indian Beach *
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* Salter Path


Surrounding waters

*
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(
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) - south *
Bogue Sound Bogue Sound is a lagoon in the state of North Carolina separating the Bogue Banks, a barrier island, from the mainland. The sound is part of North Carolina's "Crystal Coast", a tourism marketing term that is also used interchangeably with the ...
(
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) - north * Bogue Inlet - west * Beaufort Inlet - east *
White Oak River The White Oak River is a blackwater river, close to 48 mi (77 km) long, on the coastal plain of southeast North Carolina in the United States. It empties in the Atlantic Ocean. Course It rises in the White Oak Pocosin in northern Onsl ...
- northwest *
Newport River The Newport River is a small river in North Carolina that runs approximately twelve miles (twenty kilometers) southeast through the town of Newport, North Carolina, Newport with its mouth opening into Bogue Sound, between Morehead City, North Ca ...
- northeast


Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier

The Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier, located on the western end of the Bogue Banks is one of the only fishing piers left on the island. In 2006, a beachfront development company applied to purchase the pier's land for the construction of
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s.newsobserver.com , At the Beach - Emerald Isle wants to save Bogue Inlet pier
However, many area residents and Emerald Isle city officials are now
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ing to stop demolition of the pier.


References

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