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'''Barden Inlet''' is the southernmost of the [[Outer Banks]] water [[inlet]]s. Located just northwest of [[Cape Lookout (North Carolina)|Cape Lookout]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]], the inlet connects [[Onslow Bay]] of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] with [[Core Sound]]. It separates the [[Shackleford Banks]] from the [[Core Banks]].

Barden Inlet was opened by the [[1933 Outer Banks Hurricane]], separating the Shackleford Banks from South Core Banks.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070626232108/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/science/9/chap3.htm Barrier Island Ecology of Cape Lookout National Seashore, NPS Scientific Monograph No.9, Chapter 3]</ref>  The new channel gave [[Harkers Island]] fishermen a new, direct access route to offshore fishing grounds.  It was named Barden Inlet after US Congressman [[Graham Barden]], who sponsored legislation to require that the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] use [[dredging]] equipment to maintain the new channel.<ref name="prioli">Prioli, Carmine and Martin, Edwin (1998).  ''Hope for a Good Season: The Ca'e Bankers of Harkers Island''.  John F. Blair Publisher, July, 1998.</ref>

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[[Category:Bodies of water of Carteret County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Inlets of North Carolina]]
[[Category:Outer Banks]]


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