Albemarle Sound - wikipedia Albemarle Sound An estuary on the coast of North Carolina, United States For the album, see The Albemarle Sound. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2011 ) Albemarle Sound with the northern Outer Banks. Orbital photo courtesy of NASA. Albemarle Sound ( / ˈælbəˌmɑːrl / ) is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Currituck Banks, a barrier peninsula upon which the town of Kitty Hawk is located, at the eastern edge of the sound, and part of the greater Outer Banks region. Roanoke Island is situated at the southeastern corner of the sound, where it connects to Pamlico Sound. Much of the water in the Albemarle Sound is brackish or fresh, as opposed to the saltwater of the ocean, as a result of river water pouring into the sound. Some small portions of the Albemarle have been given their own `` sound '' names to distinguish these bodies of water from other parts of the large estuary. The Croatan Sound, for instance, lies between mainland Dare County and Roanoke Island. The eastern shore of the island to the Outer Banks is commonly referred to as the Roanoke Sound ( which is also a historical name for the entire body of water now known as Albemarle Sound ). The long stretch of water from near the Virginia state line south to around the Currituck County southern boundary is known as the Currituck Sound. The sound forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Its coast saw the first permanent settlements in what became North Carolina, the English Albemarle Settlements. Many inland Tidewater communities along the Albemarle today are part of the Inner Banks region of the state. Norfolk Southern Railroad passenger train crosses the Albemarle Sound trestle in 1918. The trestle was demolished in the late 1980s. Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External links History Before Europeans came to the Albemarle Sound, the Algonquian Indians lived in the region. They traveled the sound in dugout canoes, and trapped fish. In 1586 the first European explorers sailed up the fifty - five - mile ( 89 km ) length of the Albemarle Sound. Half a century later, the first European settlers came south from Virginia, establishing agricultural and trading colonies along the shores of the Sound. The Albemarle Sound soon became a very important thoroughfare, with small trading ships called coasters carrying cargo to and from other colonies, and larger merchant ships bringing spices, silks, and sugars from the West Indies in exchange for products such as tobacco ( a major export of the southern colonies ), herring, and lumber. In 1663, Albemarle Sound was made part of the Province of Carolina by King Charles II of England and given to eight Lords Proprietors. One of these royal beneficiaries was George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, for whom the sound is named. Ferries were a common method of transportation through the swamps surrounding the Albemarle Sound throughout the history of the region. One ferry that linked the towns of Edenton and Mackeys, North Carolina, continued in service from 1734 to 1938, when a bridge was built across the Sound. Another longer bridge of more than 3 miles ( 4.8 km ) in length was built in 1990. Fishing was a major industry in the Albemarle Sound. In late spring, plantation farmers would fish for shad, striped bass, and herring. Nets used by these fishermen were sometimes enormous, with some more than a mile ( 1600 m ) long, and were frequently staffed 24 hours a day. Herring was cut and salted for export to Europe, while shad was packed in ice and shipped up the Chowan River to be sold in northern colonies. Regional striped bass tournaments attracted sport fishermen to the area, and it was considered by many to be the greatest striped bass fishery in the world. Pollution and development in recent years has depleted the fisheries of the Albemarle Sound by seventy percent. See also Museum of the Albemarle CSS Albemarle USS Albemarle ( AV - 5 ) References Jump up ^ `` Albemarle Sound ''. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 29 July 2015. Jump up ^ Mcpherson, Elizabeth G. ; Paschal, Herbert R. `` Batts, Nathaniell ''. NCpedia. Retrieved 29 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Museum of the Albermarle ''. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 19. External links Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau `` The Albemarle Sound ''. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Coordinates : 36 ° 03 ′ 55 '' N 76 ° 03 ′ 52 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 36.06520 ° N 76.06453 ° W ﻿ / 36.06520 ; - 76.06453 The Outer Banks of North Carolina Landforms Albemarle - Pamlico Peninsula Bodie Island Roanoke Island Pea Island Hatteras Island Cape Hatteras Ocracoke Island Portsmouth Island Core Banks Cape Lookout Places Currituck County Dare County Hyde County Carteret County Carova Beach Corolla Duck Southern Shores Kitty Hawk Kill Devil Hills Nags Head Whalebone Junction Manteo Wanchese Rodanthe Waves Salvo Avon Buxton Frisco Hatteras Ocracoke Portsmouth Cape Lookout Village Waterways Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Currituck Sound Albemarle Sound Croatan Sound Roanoke Sound Oregon Inlet Pamlico Sound Hatteras Inlet Onslow Bay Raleigh Bay Ocracoke Inlet Core Sound Drum Inlet Barden Inlet Back Sound New Inlet Isabel Inlet Lighthouses Currituck Beach Light Bodie Island Light Cape Hatteras Light Ocracoke Light Cape Lookout Light Protected areas Cape Hatteras National Seashore Cape Lookout National Seashore Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Jockey 's Ridge State Park Mountains - to - Sea Trail North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Wright Brothers National Memorial Transportation North Carolina Highway 12 U.S. Highway 64 U.S. Route 158 Historic Albemarle Tour Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge Dare County Regional Airport First Flight Airport Billy Mitchell Airport North Carolina Ferry System History Pea Island Life - Saving Station Chicamacomico Life - Saving Station Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albemarle_Sound&oldid=859266567 '' Categories : Estuaries of North Carolina Sounds of North Carolina Roanoke River Bodies of water of Dare County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Currituck County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Chowan County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Washington County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Camden County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Pasquotank County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Perquimans County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Tyrrell County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Hyde County, North Carolina Hidden categories : Articles with short description Articles needing additional references from April 2011 All articles needing additional references Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Cebuano Deutsch Español Français Nederlands 日本 語 Português Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 12 September 2018, at 22 : 09 ( UTC ). 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Question: the shoreline of which u.s. state is broken by albemarle sound
Answer: North Carolina