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| Welcome to Portsmouth Island...an uninhabited island off Ocracoke Island. During the writing seminar I attended for NCCAT (see yesterday's post for 'O') we took a boat trip to this little jewel...the only residents are the plentiful mozquitoes.  devastated by two hurricanes. The last resident left in 1971. Below are the photos of the buildings that remain standing.   popularity, there were 505 permanent residents.   the Friends of Portsmouth Island and the National Park Service maintains the islands.     transport you to the island. You won't want to stay long, the mosquitoes are beyond belief~   as we departed....  there are hundreds of pelicans as we passed and it was beyond breath-taking! 'Sometimes silence is the only respectable response to loss' |
35 comments:
I'm enjoying my "travel" with you. I've encountered those mosquitos!! And many other bugs in those parts. Great photos.
Best,
Bonnie
Nice tour!
What a lovely post, Tracy, your words, your images, and the final quote, so apropos.
Wow---what a gorgeous place. Isn't it kinda sad seeing those empty buildings now??? I can understand why the people left (I wouldn't want to live where hurricanes hit) --but I'm sure it was sad when they did leave. That little church is adorable. Glad the park service is taking care of that area ---with or without squeeters...
Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Betsy
seemed like a melancholy place - except for the mosquito swatting. the pelicans are amazing!
What an incredible story; so very sad to see that empty classroom. It sometimes makes you wonder how come we have these devastations; many are living this as we speak. Thank you for sharing.
Rita
Fascinating and incredibly inspiring for a writer too.....
What a beautiful place (minus the skeeters). The building that remain are in great condition considering they were the victims of the hurricanes. I wonder if the island will ever be revived again.
Lovely area, I would have some lethal spray on to keep those skeets at bay.
What a lovely place! Well --- except for the mosquitoes!! Interesting history and your photos are terrific! Thanks for the tour! Hope your week is going well.
Sylvia
What a wonderful post - fascinating and haunting at the same time. As for mosquitos, they are the most annoying insect ever!
Ellie Garratt
Wow, thank you for the tour! I feel like I've been there now!
Lovely tour. I'm sad about the empty buildings...wondering what life was like for those residents. It reminds me of Appledore Island up here off the coast of NH.
Beautiful pictures!
Courtney
I can imagine how you would feel the presence of those that had lived and died on the island. Very nice post, Tracy. Sounds like a beautiful place. :)
Love the Photos, great capture! Very nice post.
What an interesting post, Tracy. It must have felt a little eerie to visit there. It's like the ghost towns of the old west except on an island!
oooh, I love your photos and descriptions!
Love the little white church. Pretty place with a touch of sadness. Thanks for sharing your experience.
These are some beautiful pictures. I love graveyards their is so much to learn from them. Especially the old ones.
My goodness, you are showing us a modern day ghost town!! What touching photos you got. Why has no one moved back there, are the mosquitoes just too bad, and also hurricanes? But yet the church survives? Are the pelicans on another island or is it the same one?
Such a fascinating place. I love exploring those towns and places that used to be such important spots but where no one lives anymore. We have a ghost town not far from here that's fun to visit. I just wish it hadn't become so commercialized.
Looks like a great place to visit.I love the pelicans in the last photo.
So glad you are sharing such interesting places with us. Makes me feel like I am getting to travel a little. lol
This place really fascinates me that no one lives there now. Too bad they don't have a fogging machine to run at night for the mosquitoes.
I am waiting on delivery of your book....can't wait. Like waiting on santa Claus
Hope you have a wonderful Easter
Love
Maggie
The island is chock-full of history. We also have a 'Portsmouth' also in Jamaica, however, it's a housing development.
wow. Very cool pix! And sad headstone. :o\
So is that up near New Hampshire? Is this near Florida? Where is Portsmouth? Very cool~ <3
Any place that looks so sunny and warm, looks like a good place to be to me! :)
Very nice!
xo Catherine
What a beautiful place, I love the tour. So many things to love like the old church, benches, even the grave site too
Love it!! I love places like this and your photos are lovely.
And thanks for your lovely email!!!! :)
I think I may have to put this place on my bucket list. I love quaint and historic sites. And, if you want to experience epic man eating mosquitoes Just go to the Kenai in Alaska. Those Puppies are gigantic. kt
Your beautifully written posts with the great photos are bringing so many fond memories for me. Thank you for sharing your journeys with us.
the 2 day old baby headstone is very powerful
the island appears to be very beautiful
so much history
I adore pelicans
the Jimmy Durantes of the animal world :)
I would love to go there. Mosquitoes or no mosquitoes. Portsmith Island seems to have so much history to it. :-)
I HATE mosquitoes. But that island sounds wonderful. I stared at the headstone, wondering about the parents. How sad. But they are all together now. :-)
I love pelicans. My family will have to try and get there over the summer. It looks awesome. Thanks for the tour.
Wow..I enjoy every single one of your photos. The whole history is just wide open for me to observe.
Oh, what a lovely place!
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