Captain Henry's Gift Store
Island Road
1341 harkers island road, +1-252-728-7316. open monday through saturday; call for winter hours. owned by a local carver, offering decoys, nautical gifts, baskets, pottery, prints and jewelery.
Do you even have to ask? If you want to take home a real piece of Down East memorabilia, look for an authentic carved decoy duck.
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center
(http://www.coresound.com) 1785 island road, +1-252-728-1500. m-sa 10am-5pm, su 2pm-5pm. features the work of local people -- decoys, gifts, sweatshirts and t-shirts, pottery, prints, books and more. proceeds help support this "people's museum."