Deer Island Wharf Investigation 1994

Highlights transcribed from: The Submerged Cultural Resources of Swansboro, NC . Program in Maritime History and Nautical Archeology . Department of History . East Carolina University, Greenville, NC . Sponsored by Swansboro’s 200th Anniversary Celebration Committee . Richard A. Stephenson and William N. Still Jr., Editors . May 1994

 

DEER ISLAND WHARF INVESTIGATION 

 

Deer Island, approximately three acres in size, is situated just south of Swansboro at the junction of Hawkin’s Creek and the White Oak River. The creek and an unnamed tributary, which separates Deer Island from the mainland by a narrow channel, are spanned by a private, one-land bridge. The island’s owners in the summer of 1983 were Burwell and Peggy Jackson. Though the Jacksons didn’t buy the property until 1953, Mr. Jackson has been visiting the island since the 1930s. During extreme low tides, Mr. Jackson has observed up to thirty feet of the length of the wharf exposed. More...