
34th Annual NC Maritime History Council Conference
Thu, Nov 07
|Manteo
The 34th Annual NC Maritime History Council Conference will be held in Manteo, NC at the College of the Albemarle - Dare campus. The theme of the conference is “Shifting Sands of the Carolina Coast.”


Time & Location
Nov 07, 2024, 6:00 PM – Nov 09, 2024, 12:00 PM
Manteo, 205 US-64, Manteo, NC 27954, USA
About the event
North Carolina’s Outer Banks are a string of barrier islands which form a unique coastal landscape between the mainland and the Atlantic Ocean. Over time, the shape of that landscape has slowly changed – a process that is now accelerated as bigger and stronger storms, rising sea levels, and changes in the islands’ vegetation have subtly altered the topography. Coastal inlets form and close, windswept dunes shift like waves, and ocean currents shape the underlying geography with the Gulf Stream and Labrador Currents colliding at Cape Hatteras. As the physical landscape shifts, so does the interaction with people who inhabit the region. Originally utilized and occupied by American Indian communities, early European New World settlement began on Roanoke Island with the now legendary “Lost Colony.” Playing host to countless shipwreck events, daring life-saving missions, bountiful fishing and hunting activities, the first successful aircraft flight, epic wartime battles, and now a…