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Sapelo Island /ˈsæpəloʊ/ is a state-protected
barrier island located in
McIntosh County, Georgia. The
island is
accessible only by boat; the
primary ferry...
- The
Sapelo River is a 23-mile-long (37 km)
primarily tidal river in
McIntosh County in the U.S.
state of Georgia. It
forms between Interstate 95 and U...
- Gullah-Geechee name
could have also been
adopted from the
Ogeechee River.
Sapelo Island, the site of the last
Gullah community of Hog Hammock, was also a...
- On
October 19, 2024, a
ferry dock
located at
Sapelo Island in the U.S.
state of
Georgia collapsed,
resulting in the
deaths of
seven people. On October...
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Sapelo Island Lighthouse is a
lighthouse in Georgia,
United States, near the
southern tip of
Sapelo Island. It is the nation's second-oldest
brick lighthouse...
- The
USCGC Sapelo (WPB-1314) is an
Island class cutter,
operated by the
United States Coast Guard. In 2013,
unlike other Island class cutters, she was not...
- USS
Sapelo (AO-11) was a Patoka-class
fleet replenishment oiler of the
United States Navy. Laid down on 3 May 1919 for the
United States Shipping Board...
- Carolina,
Georgia and Florida. The
largest is
Johns Island,
South Carolina.
Sapelo Island is home to the
Gullah people. All of the
islands are
acutely threatened...
- area
unsuitable for
settlement and
relocated to the south,
possibly at
Sapelo Sound in Georgia,
where the
colony lasted just two
months before it was...
- and
began purchasing land on
Sapelo Island. By the time of his
death in 1851,
Spalding and his
family owned all of
Sapelo Island with the
exception of...
