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 Cumberland Island - Georgia Posted by:  DougK
N 30° 45.256 W 081° 28.445
17R E 454625 N 3402465
Cumberland Island is Georgia's largest barrier island. Cumberland Island is also home to over 9,800 acres of Congressionally designated Wilderness.
Waymark Code: WMJZ7K
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2014
Views: 3
The NPS Visitor Center in St Marys is the gateway to Cumberland Island. Cumberland Island is approximately 18 miles long and between one-half and 3 miles wide—or about 40 square miles. Aboriginal people populated the coastal region of what we call Georgia as early as 2000 B.C. and they enjoyed its diverse and delectable food sources, including oysters, crabs, fish, deer and bear.
From the Cumberland Island History webpage:
In the 1730s, James Edward Oglethorpe laid out two forts, one on each end of the Island. In the 1750s, aspiring planters came to the Island once slavery was allowed on its shores. After the American Revolution, prestigious families, such as that of Nathaniel Greene, became interested in Cumberland’s natural resources; the first mansion was built on the site we now know as Dungeness.
The British were present at Cumberland early in the nineteenth century, and there are detailed descriptions of Robert Stafford’s plantation as it existed between 1815 and 1870. The Civil War had a profound effect on the Island’s human history, and Reconstruction saw both speculators and freed slaves trying to wrest a living out of the chaotic devastation the war had caused.
In the early 1880s, Thomas Morrison Carnegie and his wife, Lucy Coleman Carnegie, came to the Island and established the family’s presence, which exists to the present day. In the 1960s the human population began to diversify somewhat as the land started to leave the exclusive holdings of individual families, and the evolution of the National Seashore began.
Cumberland Queen Ferry provides round-trip transportation via concession-operated ferry boats to Cumberland Island National Seashore. Regular fares round trip (St. Marys to Cumberland Island): Adults $28; Senior Citizens $26; Children 15 and under $18.
Name of Source Book: 1,000 Places To See Before You Die In The USA And Canada
Page Location in Source Book: 339-340
Type of Waymark: Site, Event
Location of Coordinates: Boat Dock
Cost of Admission (Parks, Museums, etc.): 28.00 (listed in local currency)
List Available Hours, Dates, Season:
Ferry Rides available to island:
Departures - 9AM, 11:15AM
Reurns - 10:15AM, 2:45PM, 4:45PM
Official Tourism Website: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
Because of the vastness of many of the "non-localized" sites (Gobi Desert, Great Wall of China), waymark owners are encouraged to allow visits that reflect different perspectives and experiences.
Localized waymark sites (Structures, Landmarks, Businesses) should reflect standard waymarking visit criteria (Logs & photos).
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