Cost for Lunch & Learn is $25 for Historical Society members and $28 for non-members, which includes the program and lunch buffet format. Buffet includes two entrees, salad, bread, dessert, iced tea, coffee, and gratuity. Lunch & Learn starts promptly at 11:30 am at the Carolina Colours Pavilion, 3300 Waterscape Way, Carolina Colours. Prepaid reservations are required, either online or by calling the New Bern Historical Society at 252-638-8558. Paper tickets are not issued; simply check in at the door with your confirmation.
Native American Canoes of Lake Phelps, NC
Presented by Elise Carroll
Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab
NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
September 3, 2024 at 11:30am
at Carolina Colours Pavilion
Reservations open July 21
The lakes in North Carolina have been an important maritime resource for Native Americans for thousands of years. In the 1980s, 23 dugout canoes were discovered in and around the lake, and four were recovered for further study. Elise Carroll, conservator for the NC Office of State Archaeology’s Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab in Greenville, is working on the re-conservation of three out of the four canoes recovered from Lake Phelps, alongside the conservation of newly recovered canoe from Lake Waccamaw. Elise will discuss the history of Native American activity around the lakes, the discovery of the canoes, and the efforts to stabilize the canoes so that they are preserved for generations to come.
Elise Carroll is originally from Greenville, NC and began volunteering and interning at the QAR Lab during her undergraduate studies in 2011, sparking a love for maritime history. Completing her undergraduate studies in history and anthropology at the University of Mississippi, Elise returned home to study maritime history and archaeology and received her MA from ECU in 2018. She has participated in field projects in Costa Rica, North Carolina, and Florida, worked in the lab and in the field at the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum as an assistant conservator. Elise works for the NC Office of State Archaeology’s Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab as a conservator. Elise is a PADI Divemaster, a DAN Diving First Aid for Professional Divers Instructor, and a Cultural Resources Emergency Support Team (CREST) responder.