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Ferrying Along on Fontana Lake

Hop aboard the Miss Hazel — a venerable 33-year-old pontoon boat — for a scenic tour of Fontana Lake, deep in the Great Smoky Mountains.

by Quintin Ellison
Photo Essay

Safe Passage on the Intracoastal Waterway

Commercial and recreational vessels cruise a watery highway of natural and dredged channels, with one face toward the land and the other toward the ocean.

by Philip Gerard
Meet the Ferryman of the Outer Banks
Eastern

Meet the Ferryman of the Outer Banks

Getting to Portsmouth Island from Ocracoke has never been easy, but one family has made it possible for the past 40 years. Will the next generation continue the tradition? Time will tell.

by Lane DeGregory
May 2011

Pops Peterson: Impressions of a Life Well Spent

He works every day, and he plays every day. He’ll try almost anything, and he’ll never change some things.

by Our State Staff

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