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Ocracoke Working Waterman's Festival

Sat, Oct 21

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Ocracoke Preservation Society

The 1st annual Ocracoke Working Waterman's Festival!

Ocracoke Working Waterman's Festival
Ocracoke Working Waterman's Festival

Time & Location

Oct 21, 2023, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Ocracoke Preservation Society, 49 Water Plant Rd, Ocracoke, NC 27960, USA

About the event

Join us in celebrating the 1st annual Working Waterman's Festival on Ocracoke Island! This Ocracoke Heritage Event aims to share the rich history and continuing tradition of working on the water in Ocracoke. Since the first inhabitants of the island, Ocracokers have made their living on the water. Islanders originally worked as pilots, guiding ships through the treacherous Ocracoke Inlet. Their livelihood has depended on fishing, crabbing, clamming, oyster harvesting, decoy carving, and becoming guides for duck hunting and fishing. Fishing in particular is a huge part of Ocracoke's history - from Islanders becoming charter fishermen and commercial fishermen, to beach fishing and working in fish houses. All of these occupations continue today, handed down through the generations. 

The Ocracoke Preservation Society has worked with local watermen to create the Working Waterman’s Festival so as to keep these traditions and the history and heritage of this important work alive. The…

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The Ocracoke Preservation Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit, and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. 

Ocracoke Preservation Society

49 Water Plant Rd.

P.O. Box 1240

Ocracoke, NC 27960

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