The Sea Islands along the coast of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida

24 April 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

Terns on Cape Island. 1827 lighthouse (left) and an 1857 lighthouse (right) in the background © Billy Shaw/USFWS

Terns on Cape Island. 1827 lighthouse (left) and an 1857 lighthouse (right) in the background © Billy Shaw/USFWS

The Sea Islands are a chain of tidal and barrier islands on the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States. Numbering over 100, they are located between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns Rivers along the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Settled by indigenous cultures over thousands of years, the islands were selected by Spanish colonists as sites for founding of colonial missions.   read more…

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