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For the first time in more than a decade, the National Park Service hopes to fully open two channels on Cape Lookout National Seashore that passenger ferries and private boaters use to access the park.

 Waterways around Harkers Island and the channel from Harkers Island to Cape Lookout are shown in Army Corps of Engineers surveys overlaid Google Earth imagery provided by Carteret County’s Shoreline Protection Office. Map: Google et al.   CARTERET COUNTY — Boaters unfamiliar with the waters around Harkers Island and Cape Lookout National Seashore can quickly get into a lot of trouble, and that’s happening more and more. The risk of running aground near Cape Lookout is nothing new and e...