Thirteen Barrier Islands
There are thirteen barrier islands in the United States called Cumberland Island, Golden Isles of
Georgia, Jekyll Island, Little St. Simons Georgia, Little Tybee Island, Ossabaw Island, Sapelo
Island, Sea Island Georgia, Skidaway Island Georgia, St. Catherines Island, St. Simons Georgia,
Tybee Island Georgia and Wassaw Island. All of these islands have many different types of
histories. Cumberland Island has three major ecosystem regions along the western edge of the
island there are large areas of salt marshes. First inhabitants were indigenous people who settled
there as early as 4,000 years ago. During the 16th and the 17th centuries, Cumberland Island was
part of the Mocama missionary province of Spanish Florida. When the Spanish arrived in 1566,
they named the island San Pedro. English General James Oglethorpe arrived at Georgia coast in
1733. The name of Cumberland Island was given by a young Yamacraw named Toonahowi (the
Nephew of Chief Tomichichi who visited England with Oglethorpe). In the 1880s Thomas M.
Carnegie and wife Lucy bought land and built settlements on Cumberland Island. The Golden Isles of Georgia are a group of four barrier islands and the mainland port city of
Brunswick on the 100-mile-long coast of the U.S. State of Georgia on the Atlantic Ocean.
Since the American Civil War, all the islands except (Little St. Simons Island) have become
elite resorts frequented by some of the nation’s wealthiest families. Jekyll Island in the mid-2nd
millennium, the island now known as Jekyll Island was part of coastal Georgia Native American
chiefdom called Guale. Muskogian tribes, who comprised a majority of the Creek Nation, were
the inhabitants of his territory. Explorers from Spain were the first to make an official claim to
Jekyll Island in 1510, giving it the name Isla De Ballenas (Whale Island) . Later in 1562, a
French Explorer Jean Ribault claimed the island for France and
Georgia, Jekyll Island, Little St. Simons Georgia, Little Tybee Island, Ossabaw Island, Sapelo
Island, Sea Island Georgia, Skidaway Island Georgia, St. Catherines Island, St. Simons Georgia,
Tybee Island Georgia and Wassaw Island. All of these islands have many different types of
histories. Cumberland Island has three major ecosystem regions along the western edge of the
island there are large areas of salt marshes. First inhabitants were indigenous people who settled
there as early as 4,000 years ago. During the 16th and the 17th centuries, Cumberland Island was
part of the Mocama missionary province of Spanish Florida. When the Spanish arrived in 1566,
they named the island San Pedro. English General James Oglethorpe arrived at Georgia coast in
1733. The name of Cumberland Island was given by a young Yamacraw named Toonahowi (the
Nephew of Chief Tomichichi who visited England with Oglethorpe). In the 1880s Thomas M.
Carnegie and wife Lucy bought land and built settlements on Cumberland Island. The Golden Isles of Georgia are a group of four barrier islands and the mainland port city of
Brunswick on the 100-mile-long coast of the U.S. State of Georgia on the Atlantic Ocean.
Since the American Civil War, all the islands except (Little St. Simons Island) have become
elite resorts frequented by some of the nation’s wealthiest families. Jekyll Island in the mid-2nd
millennium, the island now known as Jekyll Island was part of coastal Georgia Native American
chiefdom called Guale. Muskogian tribes, who comprised a majority of the Creek Nation, were
the inhabitants of his territory. Explorers from Spain were the first to make an official claim to
Jekyll Island in 1510, giving it the name Isla De Ballenas (Whale Island) . Later in 1562, a
French Explorer Jean Ribault claimed the island for France and