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The entrance to the bay is flanked by North Island, South Island and Cat Island. Today, the first two islands and most of the third comprise the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center, as the islands were willed to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources by Tom Yawkey, [1] former owner of the Boston Red Sox.
Cat Island is a barrier island off the Gulf Coast of the United States, one of the Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands. The island's name comes from French explorers who mistook raccoons (which were not introduced to Europe until the 20th century) for cats. It is unknown who discovered Cat Island.
Cat Island (Arkansas), a 19th-century Mississippi River island near the border between Crittenden County and Phillips County; Cat Island (Louisiana) Cat Island (Massachusetts), United States; Cat Island (Mississippi), United States; Cat Island (South Carolina), one of the Sea Islands in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
The Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands are a chain of barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama enclosing the Mississippi Sound.The major islands are Cat Island, Ship Island, Horn Island, Petit Bois Island, and Dauphin Island; in the early 20th century the chain also included the Isle of Caprice, which has since been submerged.
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge It is located near the town of St. Francisville, Louisiana , which is 30 miles (48 km) north of Baton Rouge . The refuge was established to conserve, restore, and manage native forested wetland habitats for migratory birds , aquatic resources, and endangered and threatened plants and animals.
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That little girl Feya, a 12-pound tortoiseshell cat to be exact, was recently found on the island and brought to the Charleston Animal Society on Sunday, according to an animal society press release.
The Sea Islands are a chain of over a hundred tidal and barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Southeastern United States, between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns rivers along South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The largest is Johns Island, South Carolina. Sapelo Island is home to the Gullah people.