Voted Best Place to Live Beaufort North Carolina Carteret County NC
Town History
Established in 1709, Beaufort, N.C., is a quaint coastal town located on Beaufort Inlet, a channel leading south to the Atlantic Ocean. The third oldest town in the state and seat of Carteret County, Beaufort has a residential population of about 4,000 with a high influx of visitor traffic during the warmer months.
Beaufort was first known as Fishtown because the fishing industry was and has been an important part of the county’s history. Beaufort was later named for Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort.
Originally a fishing village and port of safety dating from the late 1600s, Beaufort has been visited by patriots, privateers, merchants, and skilled craftsmen who built Bahamian and West Indian-style homes and public buildings. Approximately 150 of the restored historic homes bear plaques noting names of the Town’s earliest known owners and dates of original construction.
The early economy of Beaufort was on the use of natural resources in the area. Hence, fishing, whaling, the production of lumber and naval stores, shipbuilding, and farming were the chief economic activities. Though Beaufort had the safest and most navigable harbor of any of the ports of North Carolina, extensive commercial activities failed to develop, owing to the fact that the town was almost completely isolated from the interior. Now, Beaufort’s economy depends heavily on tourism.
The Plan of Beaufort Towne, laid out in 1713, survives in a 12-block area, which today is on the National Register of Historic Places.
For more history, please read Colonial Beaufort: The History of a North Carolina Town by Charles L. Paul. The document is listed below.
The Rev. Curtis Oden presented Feb. 8, 2016, during a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners information about African American History in Beaufort as part of the Inspirational Moment.
Olde Towne Yacht Club, Beaufort NC
The best of waterfront living! Located between Beaufort and Morehead City on the ICW and Radio Island, only minutes from the gulf stream fishing. Marina with fuel station, waterfront pool, clubhouse, & private beach access. 2 & 3 bedroom all waterfront units starting in the $300's. Contact us for available units!
Olde Towne Yacht Club Beaufort North Carolina Boat Slips
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Welcome to Carteret County's finest waterfront address. Located on Radio Island between Morehead City, North Carolina and Historic Beaufort, North Carolina, Olde Towne Yacht Club overlooks the Beaufort Waterfront, Carrot Island, Shackleford Banks, Beaufort Inlet, Intracoastal Waterway and Newport River.
Olde Towne Yacht Club is intended for the serious boater who appreciates the amenities of a world class marina. Olde Towne is ideally located less than one mile from both the Intracoastal Waterway or Beaufort Inlet and the Atlantic Ocean. Within a few minutes, the boater can be at Shackleford Banks, Cape Lookout or the fertile fishing grounds of the Gulf Stream.
Slips range in size from 25 FT to 115 FT. Boat lifts are in some of the slips. The bulkhead was built with 25 FT long concrete panels to insure a lifetime of low maintenance. All utilities are underground. Each slip has extra pilings to insure safe dockage. All slips are cable ready.
Amenities Include
Security Entranceway
Gasoline
Diesel
Laundry Facilities
Shower and Rest Rooms
Swimming Pool and Spa
Ice / Water / Cable / Phone
Fitness Center with Sauna
Clubhouse with Kitchenette
Lifts Available
Dock Master on Duty
Features Include
Radio Island Beach Access
Minutes from Downtown Beaufort and Morehead City
Minutes to the beaches
Shopping, Restaurants and Pubs
Ample Parking
Direct Access to Beaufort Inlet
Poolside Pavilion with Gas Grills
Year Round services
Monthly Socials
Olde Towne Yacht Club is one of the finest facilities that you will find in eastern North Carolina with a floating dock system as well as fixed boat slips with boat lifts and is a place you will want to call your home port, with first class amenites for the entire family.
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Grayden Paul Bridge Beaufort NC 1957 - 2018
The Grayden Paul legacy
The Grayden Paul Bridge was named in honor of the late Grayden Muir Paul, who died in 1994 and was considered as successor to Leslie Davis as Beaufort’s “town historian.” Born in Davis in 1899, the son of William Luther Paul and Emeline Willis, Mr. Paul and his family moved to Beaufort about 1911 and lived at 117 Moore St. Mr. Paul completed one year of college at Wake Forest College, and in 1921 he married Mary Clark Wilhelm (1899-1996). The couple had three children – Grayden Jr., Harry Allan and Mary Frazier Paul. By the 1940 census, Grayden Paul was noted as “operator of marine shop; repairs and sales.”
Mr. Paul went on to serve as mayor of Beaufort during World War II (1941-42) and was also on the town board and the Carteret County school board.
In 1960, he also helped organize the Beaufort Historical Association, of which he was finance chairman and business manager. He also came up with the idea for the re-enactments of the 1747 pirate invasion. As noted in a Carteret County News-Times article at the time of his death, “as Mr. Paul himself told it, the only way Beaufort knew for certain it had ever had any pirates ashore was because somebody had found an ancient bill to the town jail for beef to feed the Spanish pirates.”
Best known as a Beaufort storyteller, Mr. Paul started conducting tours as early as 1952. He became a highly visible, all-around Beaufort ambassador and “raconteur,” famous for his double-decker bus tours of the Beaufort historic district. In 1975, he and wife, Mary, co-authored Carteret County, NC: Folklore, Facts and Fiction. In 1976, Mr. Paul was honored by the Historic Preservation Society of North Carolina with an Award of Merit and was the first Beaufort resident ever honored with a key to the city. From 1960 until 1978, Mr. Paul operated schooner-rigged sharpie Alphonso, which he converted into a “Museum of the Sea,” dry-docked on Front Street at the south end of Pollock Street. That site is now Grayden Paul Park, which features a walk-in boat launching area for small craft and an elevated dock and bulkhead that borders Taylor’s Creek. A gazebo and picnic tables add to the amenities.
In a 2015 interview with nccoast, Grayden Paul Jr., now in his 90s, noted that there is talk of making a park where the old drawbridge comes ashore now and naming it after his father to keep the tradition alive.
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Sleep Inn Beaufort - Beaufort Hotels, South Carolina
Sleep Inn Beaufort 2 Stars Hotel in Beaufort, South Carolina Within US Travel Directory One of our top picks in Beaufort. The Sleep Inn hotel is located in historic downtown Beaufort, just three miles from the University of South Carolina Beaufort and is just minutes from Naval Hospital-Beaufort. Hilton Head Island is 35 minutes and Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport is 45 minutes away from the hotel.
Additional attractions close to this South Carolina hotel include Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Hunting Island State Park, Beaufort Memorial HospitalBeaufort is South Carolina's second oldest city. The entire family will enjoy spending time at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in historic downtown Beaufort. Golf enthusiasts will appreciate the local golf courses, including Carolina National Golf Club and Lady's Island Country Club.
Additional points of interest include Heyward House Historic Center, The Penn Centre, the Lowcounty Estuarium learning center, ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge, Port Royal, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra, Beaufort Arsenal Museum, the John Mark Verdier House Museum and Four Winds Gallery.
A variety of restaurants, cocktail lounges and specialty shops can be found in the surrounding area.Guests of this Beaufort, SC hotel will enjoy many full-service features and amenities, including free deluxe continental breakfast, free wired and wireless high-speed Internet access, free weekday newspaper, free local calls, free 24-hour coffee in the lobby, a sauna, seasonal outdoor pool and a hot tub.Business travelers can make use of the business center, access to fax and copy services and a conference room.
All rooms come equipped with microwaves, refrigerators, coffee makers, irons, ironing boards and cable television with HBO and Showtime.Coin-operated laundry facilities are available for guest convenience. Ample parking is located on the property.
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Morehead City, Beaufort and Atlantic Beach North Carolina
Various pictures around the beach, Fort Macon and other areas of the North Carolina shoreline! Late September skies have a darkish, almost angry look but the weather and sun were so nice.
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Crossing the Newport River/AICW Between Morehead City and Beaufort, NC
Headed up to Cape Lookout, almost there! NCDOT is currently building a replacement for this outdated bridge. The new bridge will also bypass downtown Beaufort, and will run back into US70 a few miles above town, near North River. BTW, for those of you from South Carolina, remember that SC's town of Beaufort is pronounced Byoo-firt while NC's town is pronounced Bow-firt!!
Country Inn & Suites Beaufort - Beaufort Hotels, South Carolina
Country Inn & Suites Beaufort 3 Stars Hotel in Beaufort, South Carolina Within US Travel Directory One of our bestsellers in Beaufort! Located off Highway 21, this Beaufort, South Carolina hotel features an indoor pool and offers rooms with free WiFi and a cable TV.
The Lowcountry Winery is just 5 km away.
A microwave, refrigerator, and coffee machine are provided in all rooms at the Country Inn & Suites Beaufort.
Each room is warmly decorated and includes a seating area and work desk.
Breakfast includes a variety of meats, eggs, and fruit as well as danishes, cereals, and hot waffles.
Beverages include juices, tea, and coffee.
A fitness room is on site at this hotel.
Guests can borrow a book from the on-site lending library, or use the business centre located in the lobby.
The Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station and the Sanctuary Golf Club at Cat Island are both around 15 minutes' drive from this hotel.
Hunting Island State Park and Beach is 32 km away.
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August 2017 Dive Trip - Beaufort, NC
I took a trip down to Beaufort, NC with a friend and his dive club for a weekend of diving. Unfortunately the weather was not the best suited for diving. There had been some storms that came through the area and made visibility poor and the surface was rough.
The club does this dive every summer and goes out with Discovery Diving and their boat, Outrageous V. The staff is friendly and they certainly know what they are doing. I look forward to the next I can go diving with them.
Please pardon the lack of stability in my video. This was my first time using the GoPro underwater and I had forgotten to change the settings on the camera prior to going in the water. The main setting that I forgot to change was the image size, I had it set to linear instead of wide. I also didn't have a filter on the lens to correct the colors. Next time I go diving I will be better prepared.
On this dive the sand was between 60 and 65 feet down and the wreck started around 35 feet down. I believe that this wreck is the U.S.S. Indra. We also dove on the two tug boats that are next to the Indra. I think I accidentally stopped the recording on my camera after getting in the water. Oops. Like I said, this was my first time using my GoPro underwater.
Blue Skies over Beaufort?
Well the skies were more of a grey, but as the old saying goes, any day kayaking is better than.... well any other day! So on this not so sunny day in mid September Ladybug and I paddled through one of our favorite places, the backsound and banks in and around Beaufort. We paddled from the boat ramp on Taylors Creek over to Carrot Island then along the backsound down to the Bouge Inlet where we crossed over the bar back into the tidal marsh in the Rachel Carson Reserve to see some of the Banker Horses.
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Beaulieu House at Cat Island - Beaufort (South Carolina) - United States
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Address: 3 Sheffield Court; zip code: SC 29907
This waterfront Beaulieu House at Cat Island is adjacent to Distant Island Creek in Beaufort and is 16 km from Parris Island. A daily breakfast is freshly made each morning, and the property has free WiFi and rooms with a private veranda.
-- Installé au bord de l'eau à Beaufort, le Beaulieu House at Cat Island est adjacent à Distant Island Creek et se trouve à 16 km de Parris Island.
-- El Beaulieu House at Cat Island es un establecimiento situado frente al agua en Beaufort, junto a Distant Island Creek y a 16 km de Parris Island. Ofrece un desayuno diario, conexión WiFi gratuita y habitaciones con porche privado.
-- Das am Wasser gelegene Beaulieu House at Cat Island begrüßt Sie neben dem Distant Island Creek in Beaufort, 16 km von Parris Island entfernt. Die Unterkunft bietet täglich ein Frühstück, kostenloses WLAN und Zimmer mit eigener Veranda.
-- Beaulieu House at Cat Island住宿加早餐旅馆坐落在水滨，邻近博福特（Beaufort）的远岛溪（Distant Island Creek），每天早晨供应新鲜烹制的早餐，提供免费WiFi以及带私人凉廊的客房。 Cat Island住宿加早餐旅馆的每间客房均设有平板电视、吊顶风扇以及连接浴室，提供空调、床单和毛巾。部分客房设有阳台和spa浴缸。 客人偶尔可在住宿加早餐旅馆看到海豚、大蓝鹭和白苍鹭。住宿加早餐旅馆提供免费停车场，亦可满足客人的特殊饮食需求，每天供应水果。 ...
-- Прибрежный отель типа «постель и завтрак» Beaulieu House at Cat Island расположен в городе Бофорт, рядом с островом Дистант-Айленд-Крик в 16 км от острова Пэррис-Айленд. Каждое утро здесь сервируется свежеприготовленный завтрак.
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TowBoatUS Beaufort NC Assists Stranded Sailors During Hurricane Irene
WNCT.com CBS 9 News reports on how a boater is stuck offshore during Hurricane Irene wind and seas. TowBoatUS Captain Lee Sykes from Beaufort NC comes out to tow the boat safely back into shore.
HABERSHAM IN BEAUFORT SOUTH CAROLINA ~ BEST NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN IN AMERICA
I went back to my old neighborhood to visit friends and decided to show you how fabulous Habersham really is! HabershamSC.com be sure to check it out!
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