- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Altamaha River, Darien
- Creator:
- Ralph Daniel
- Date of Original:
- 2014-04-11
- Subject:
- Rivers--Georgia--Darien
Altamaha River (Ga.)
Grasses--Georgia--Darien
Trees--Georgia--Darien - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Darien, 31.37023, -81.43399
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Although the Darien economy is dependent on tourism, many locals continue to make a living through offshore fishing and shrimping.
This photograph shows a small boat on theAltamaha River in Darien, Georgia. The river is lined with tall grasses on one side and stationed boats boats on the other. The surface of the river is calm.
Darien, Georgia is a coastal tidewater town about sixty miles south of Savannah, located at the mouth of the Altamaha River. The port town's origins can be traced to the earliest years of colonial Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/darien/m-992/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Department of Economic Development. Please do not use any images without permission
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- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/darien
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Photograph by Ralph Daniel - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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