Little Cumberland Island

We had one more chance to see the horses before pulling up the anchor and heading north to St. SImons Island.  It was a treat to see the horses from our Brickhill Creek Anchorage.  We weren’t sure we would see any on this marsh side of the island. 

The lighthouse below was used to mark St. Andrews Sound between Little Cumberland Island and Jekyll Island.  Notice the green buoy washed ashore?  We didn’t notice if it had been replaced but didn’t have any trouble getting through the sound.  

Little Cumberland Island is separated from Cumberland island by Christmas creek and Brockington creek. The lantern room of the Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse is just about all one can see from the St. Andrews Sound.  The light house is on private property and is maintained by the Little Cumberland Island Association.  It was built in 1838 by Winslow Lewis and had fourteen Lewis lamps generating a fixed light.  There was at one time another  lighthouse on the south end of the island.  It had a revolving light to distinguish it from the north light.  The southern light was dismantled and moved to Amelia Island.   A brick wall was built in 1874 to protect the lighthouse encroachment by the sea.  The sixty foot lighthouse is 22 feet wide at the base and 11feet wide at the top.  It was operable until deactivated in 1915.  

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