Little Kinnakeet Lifesaving Station in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is getting a facelift!

It is being restored to the 1904-15 period and is still under repair in many stages. By the end of 2005, bathrooms will be stabilized and a new roof will replace the badly needed one.

Another project fund has been requested to restore the entire lifesaving station with furnishings and the boathouse.

Below are photos I took in an NPS warehouse of some items in storage that will be returned to Little Kinnakeet...

A beach rescue cart
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Kevin Duffus and Steve Harrison stand beside a surfboat
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The entire restoration is estimated to be complete in 2011.

For some excellent photo coverage of the buildings, check out Stephen Wilmoth's site Little Kinnakeet LSS

Stay tuned!

Judy

Judy, Little Kinnakeet must be pretty close to Cape Hatteras. If we manage to put together a tour of the Outer Banks after the Virignia reunion, maybe a visit can be arranged, you think?

Grace, also in that area is Chicamacomico LSS which is open to the public. That one, you can visit and see a fully restored LSS with a museum, and the "necessary room"- a store! There's also the 1874 LSS and many other buildings, now situated historically correct.

The station is owned by the Chicamacomico Historical Society and is staffed with costumed interpreters. During the spring and summer months they also do demonstrations and take you back to the days of the surfmen.

It's located in the village of Rodanthe. The web site is Chicamacomico LSS

It will be awhile before Little Kinnakeet is at the point of being open, but you can see the site from the highway as you go through Avon.

There's lots to see on the Outer Banks, and I hope many of you will get the opportunity to explore.

Judy

Thanks, Judy. I hope something materializes; I have wanted to spend some time in the Outer Banks for a long time - ideally, rent a little cottage for a couple of weeks during the summer so I can do a lot of exploring. Read Nights in Rodanthe not long ago.

Grace, Nights in Rodanthe was a wonderful book, but then I like all of Nickolas Sparks' books. Another one I would recommend if you haven't already read it is Homer Hickam's book, The Keeper's Son.

It's set in fictional Killikeat Island on the Outer Banks, and the son of the keeper happens to be a young man, Josh who heads up a band of inexperienced men to protect the coast from the German U-Boats. Homer calls Josh a Coast Guard Captain... How appropriate for this thread!

Anyways, you can read an chapter from the book at this site The Keeper\'s Son
This was the first of a trilogy, and a book that both men and women have enjoyed reading.

Judy

I'm a big fan of Nicholas Sparks and Nicholas Evans. Sometimes I mix the two up. I read the link about The Keeper's Son ; I had heard about the book; now I will make it a point to read it. Another book which I have enjoyed -not about lighthouses but about saving the loggerheads and about family relationships, particularly mother-daughter - is The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe. It is set in Isle of Palms in South Carolina. Since you like Nicholas Sparks, I think you will like this book, too.