Ocracoke Island

[oh-kruh-kohk]

1. a barrier island off the E coast of North Carolina, one of the Outer Banks islands: the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach) was killed here in 1718. 9.6 sq. mi. (24.9 sq. km).

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore stretches over 70 miles of barrier islands from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island and is part of the Outer Banks along North Carolina’s Atlantic coast.

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The family lived for a time at a Coast Guard facility on Ocracoke Island, near the south end of North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

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Just 60 miles to the east is Ocracoke Island, where as a child he had spent so many happy days.

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Operated by the National Park Service, this area is the country’s first national seashore and extends from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island.

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Our boat captain, Donald, grew up on Ocracoke Island and had an accent I instantly recognized as the Ocracoke brogue.

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