Beaufort in Carteret County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Marine Research
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 21, 2021
1. Marine Research Marker
Inscription.
Marine Research. . The area around Beaufort and Morehead City long has been valued by marine biologists for its research potential. Army surgeons at Fort Macon in the 1870s published articles about marine life. In the 1880s The Johns Hopkins University for six summers used the Gibbs House on Front Street in Beaufort as a seaside laboratory. In 1899 the federal government chose Beaufort as the site for a fisheries laboratory, the nations second after Woods Hole, Mass. That lab moved 1-½ miles west to Pivers Island in 1902. Duke University founded its marine laboratory on the island in 1938. The University of North Carolina since 1947 has operated a marine studies facility at Camp Glenn in Morehead City. Rachel Carson (1907-1964), pioneer environmentalist and author of Silent Spring and The Edge of the Sea, conducted research in Beaufort in her later years. The estuarine sanctuary across from the Beaufort waterfront is named in her memory.
The area around Beaufort and Morehead City long has been valued by marine biologists for its research potential. Army surgeons at Fort Macon in the 1870s published articles about marine life. In the 1880s The Johns Hopkins University for six summers used the Gibbs House on Front Street in Beaufort as a seaside laboratory. In 1899 the federal government chose Beaufort as the site for a fisheries laboratory, the nations second after Woods Hole, Mass. That lab moved 1-½ miles west to Pivers Island in 1902. Duke University founded its marine laboratory on the island in 1938. The University of North Carolina since 1947 has operated a marine studies facility at Camp Glenn in Morehead City. Rachel Carson (1907-1964), pioneer environmentalist and author of Silent Spring and The Edge of the Sea, conducted research in Beaufort in her later years. The estuarine sanctuary across from the Beaufort waterfront is named in her memory.
Erected 1994 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number C-69.)
Location. 34° 42.821′ N, 76° 39.594′ W. Marker is in Beaufort, North Carolina, in Carteret County. It is at the intersection of Front Street (County Route 1312) and Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling east on Front Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beaufort NC 28516, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Crystal Coast. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Menhaden Fishermen Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on December 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 583 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on December 29, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. 3. submitted on September 10, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
