Lancaster breaks ground on Carter Cove County Park

From left are Ben Burton, Bay Design Group; Craig Giese, supervisor; Don Gill, county administrator; Olivia Hall, director of planning and land use; Brian Fletcher, Zandler Inc.; Claudette Henderson, planning commission; Bill Lee, supervisor; Stanley Gaskins, former oyster house worker; William Smith, supervisor; Ernest Palin, supervisor; Robin Didlake, education manager, Friends of the Rappahannock; Jen Sagan, oyster restoration manager, Friends of the Rappahannock; and Bruce Julian, public waters workgroup chairman. Photo courtesy Lancaster County

LANCASTER—More boating, fishing and aquaculture are on the way to Carter Cove as Lancaster County recently broke ground on the latest park project.

When completed in spring of 2027, the Carter Cove County Park, 212 Carter’s Cove Drive, Weems, will include a boat ramp, kayak launch, nature trails, a fishing pier, picnic shelter and a pavilion with seating for educational programs about aquaculture, according to John Bateman, assistant county administrator.

The pavilion, named the Oyster Heritage Learning Center, sits on the footprint of an old oyster house on the property that could not be saved. Educational programs are planned and in a partnership with the Friends of the Rappahannock, a spat on shell tank will be located nearby.

Zandler Inc. of Hayes is serving as the general contractor for the project.

Jackie Nunnery
Jackie Nunneryhttp://rrecord.com
Jackie-Nunnery is a reporter for the Rappahannock Record.

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