Historical Marker

Rain Gardens

Historical marker location:
1785 Island Road, Harkers Island, North Carolina
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Cape Point Drive and Island Road (County Route 1335), on the right when traveling south.)

Reducing Stormwater Runoff at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum.

The Cherokee Indians originally inhabited much of western North Carolina before being forcibly removed by the federal government in the 1800s. Today, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians still maintains a reservation in the western part of the state.