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St. Simons Island is the largest of the Golden Isles, with a permanent population of 12,743 as of the 2010 census. Reachable via the F. J. Torras Causeway, the Island is a tourist destination for its beaches, water sports, boating and fishing, golf, nature trails, historical landmarks, shopping, restaurants and nightlife.
It is the largest of Georgia's renowned Golden Isles (along with Sea Island, Jekyll Island, and privately owned Little St. Simons Island). Visitors are drawn to the Island for its warm climate, beaches, variety of outdoor activities, shops and restaurants, historical sites, and natural environment.
On June 1, 2016, coincident with the consummation of the sale to Golden Isles Broadcasting, WMOG changed its call sign to WSSI, and relaunched the following day as "92.7 SSI". [7] On March 17, 2021, WSSI was licensed to move its community of license from St. Simons Island to Darien, Georgia. On December 21, 2022, the station was licensed to ...
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Brunswick is one of Georgia's two deep-water ports and is the mainland city associated with the Golden Isles of Georgia, at the junction of I-95 and US 82. [3] The historic district includes the site of the colonial British town of Brunswick, named after the family of King George III of Great Britain.
The Golden Isles of Georgia, Atlanta Little, Brown and Company in Association with the Atlantic Monthly Company, 1932. Marley, David (1998), Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the New World, 1492 to the present , Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, ISBN 978-0-87436-837-6
Delta moved its Brunswick flights to Naval Air Station Glynco (now the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport) where it flew McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s in the early 1970s. [7] Eastern Airlines served Brunswick from 1945 until 1964.
It was named for Captain James Gascoigne of the sloop-of-war, HMS Hawk, which led some of the first British settlers to the coast of Georgia. [ 2 ] Timber harvested from 2,000 Southern live oak trees from Gascoigne Bluff was used to build the USS Constitution and the five other original US Navy frigates , under the Naval Act of 1794 .