- 41.7 miles
- 4 hours 49 minutes
- 8.6 mph average speed
- 4-17 mph winds
We passed by Fort Clinch and the Cumberland Island Lighthouse on our way to Brunswick from Fernandina.
We will keep the boat in Brunswick until at least June 1 while we decide what are plans are going forward.
We visited Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island as well as the St. Simons Lighthouse and Keepers House.
The Fort Frederica National Monument contains the ruins of the fort and a British settlement built in 1736. The settlement was built by the early settlers of the Colony of Georgia under General Oglethorpe. All that remains of the settlement are the foundations of many of the homes but it was very interesting to see how the colony was laid out and read about the people who lived there.
The St. Simons Lighthouse was completed in 1872 replacing an earlier light station, built in 1807, that was destroyed during the Civil War. The Keepers Home, also built in 1872, was used until the 1950’s when the light was automated. The light continues to be an Active Aid to Navigation maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
