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Credit NC Ferry Division The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has announced it will return to its full schedule on April 21 on Pamlico Sound routes between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke.  The division completed a test run Tuesday with the M/V Swan Quarter to make sure the channel is navigable.  It took almost a month for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to clear shoaling that was occurring in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor.  T...

Credit NC Ferry Division The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is suspending all service on the Cedar Island and Swan Quarter ferry routes through Monday, April 12.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began dredging the Bigfoot Slough last month to clear the shoaling. The agency said in a news release Wednesday that shoaling continues to worsen in the ferry channel, just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor.  Shoaling occurs when sediment fills the channel, making water...

NCDOT: Shoaling issues in channel outside of Silver Lake Harbor April 2, 2021, by Eldin Ganic Due to continued shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division (NCDOT) is extending the alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke. Shoaling occurs when sand and sediment fill into a ferry channel, making water depths too sha...

Multiple Authors Article This is the third installment in a continuing series on making the North Carolina coast more resilient to the effects of climate change, a special reporting project that is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines initiative. MERRY HILL — At the confluence of the Albemarle Sound and the Chowan River, Bertie County residents celebrated in June 2019 the grand opening of their first public beach. Amid the joyous splashin...