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North Carolina sounds: Dismal Swamp, Albemarle and Roanoke Island

Behind the Outer Banks, inland seas with no lunar tide, where the wind alone raises or drops the water, sometimes by three feet in a day. The way in is the Dismal Swamp Canal, six feet of water and two locks that open at set times four times a day, down to Elizabeth City and its free 48 hour docks. Edenton and Albemarle Plantation on the north shore, Manteo and Wanchese on Roanoke Island, then the Alligator River, the 21 mile canal to the Pungo, lined with stumps, and Belhaven behind its breakwater. On Albemarle Sound, 12 to 15 knots already builds a three foot chop.

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HarbourChesapeake, United States
Douglas landing free dock
4.3
Free 100 ft dock on the Dismal Swamp Canal route of the ICW, on the Chesapeake side of the Virginia-North Carolina line.
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HarbourSouth Mills, United States
dismal swamp visitor’s center dock
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Free 150 ft face dock at Milepost 28 of the Dismal Swamp Canal, on the east bank opposite the Dismal Swamp State Park, South Mills, North Carolina.
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HarbourCamden, United States
Lamb's Marina
Family-run marina at Camden, North Carolina, on the Pasquotank River along the Dismal Swamp Canal route of the Intracoastal Waterway.
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HarbourElizabeth City, United States
MACU free dock
4.8
Free transient dock on the Pasquotank River at the Mid-Atlantic Christian University campus, less than a mile from downtown Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
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AnchorageUnited States
North River
3.6
Anchorage on the North River along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Coinjock in north-eastern North Carolina, with a mud bottom.
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AnchorageUnited States
West Buck Island
4.2
Anchorage in the North River just north of Buck Island, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in coastal North Carolina.
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HarbourHertford, United States
Albemarle Plantation Marina
Deep-water marina of 166 berths at the mouth of Yeopim Creek, on the north shore of Albemarle Sound near Hertford, North Carolina.
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HarbourEdenton, United States
Edenton Marina
Marina of 107 berths on Pembroke Creek at Edenton, on the north shore of Albemarle Sound in North Carolina.
- Up to 98 ft
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HarbourManteo, United States
Manteo Waterfront Marina
Municipal marina of 53 berths on Shallowbag Bay at Manteo, on Roanoke Island in the North Carolina sounds.
- Up to 147 ft
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HarbourManteo, United States
Pirate's Cove Marina
Full-service marina of 195 berths on Roanoke Sound near Manteo, North Carolina, built around offshore charter fishing.
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HarbourWanchese, United States
Wanchese Marina
Working fishing marina on Mill Landing Creek at Wanchese, on the south end of Roanoke Island in North Carolina.
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AnchorageUnited States
Tuckahoe Point Anchotage
Anchorage in the Alligator River on the North Carolina Intracoastal Waterway, near ICW mile 104. Soft mud bottom.
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AnchorageUnited States
Dowry Creek Marina
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Anchorage off Dowry Creek Marina on the Pungo River near Belhaven, North Carolina, beside ICW Mile 131.
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HarbourBelhaven, United States
Belhaven Marina
Town marina on the Pungo River in downtown Belhaven, North Carolina, at ICW mile 136.
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AnchorageUnited States
Pungo River
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Anchorage on the Pungo River at Belhaven, North Carolina, on the ICW, with a mud bottom and shelter from all directions.
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