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The St. Simons Island Light is a lighthouse on the southern tip of St. Simons Island, Georgia, United States. ... James Gould (1811–1837) Lachlan McIntosh (1837–1852)
Lighthouse is a 1971 novel by Eugenia Price, the first of three novels in the "St. Simons Trilogy".The other two are The Beloved Invader (1965) and New Moon Rising (1969). [1] [2] The plot centers on a man, James Gould, who is the founder of the "Southern dynasty".
The area surrounding St. Simons Island and the Altamaha River delta is an important stopover for migrating shorebirds traveling between South America and their spawning grounds in the Canadian arctic. As a result of all this avian activity, Gould's Inlet and East Beach on St. Simons Island have designated stops on the Colonial Coast Birding Trail.
In 2023, $300,000 from the St. Simons Land Trust Pennies for Preservation Program was used to help purchase the nearly 10-acre Gateway Property on the south end of St. Simons Island.
The mission of San Buenaventura was established on the southern end of Guadalquini sometime between 1597 and 1609 (probably near the present-day St. Simons Island Light) and was the northernmost mission in the Mocama area. The mission was 32 leagues from St. Augustine. [7] [2] [8]
Apr. 16—COVID-19 put an hold on many things — annual events, beloved traditions and even simple family gatherings — but 2022 marks the return of one of the big ones: the Easter sunrise ...
Get the St. Simons Island, GA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Fort Frederica National Monument, on St. Simons Island, Georgia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort and town built by James Oglethorpe between 1736 and 1748 to protect the southern boundary of the British colony of Georgia from Spanish raids. [4] About 630 British troops were stationed at the fort.