Get Ready for your Island Weekend 1. The World’s Longest Barrier Island Stretching roughly 113 miles, Padre Island is the longest barrier island in the world. In 1962, the Port Mansfield Channel was dredged, artificially splitting it into…
The Hard Truth First — North Padre Island Is Difficult Well Country Before getting into the steps, you need to know the fundamental challenge: North Padre Island is a barrier island surrounded by saltwater on both…
ON THIS DAY IN ISLAND HISTORY · MARCH 21 Nearly 470 years ago, the waters just off our island became the site of one of the most dramatic maritime disasters in American history — and…
