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The Health Department is advising people not to get in the ocean near the Corolla Lighthouse, on the Northern Outer Banks due to bacteria.

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Bacteria levels high in the Outer Banks

Outer Banks Shipwreck 2010 The oldest shipwreck on the Carolina coast may have been discovered recently on the Outer Banks.  A curator who is a part of the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch recently visited the OBX shipwreck to determine some more detailed information about the “ghost ship.”  The wreck is named “The Nathan Henry,” and it is over 400 years old. The ship is about 65 feet long, and is presumed to be a military of merchant ship.   It appears that after the storms that struck during the fall and early winter, the wreck has moved a distance of over two miles.  The Archaeology Branch is a little uncertain about the future of this ship, but they are trying to collect as much information as possible.  At the end of 2009, the ship became totally exposed

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New Outer Banks Shipwreck – May be the Oldest on the NC Coast!