- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Wassaw Island
- Creator:
- Seabrook, Charles
- Date of Original:
- 2006-11-03
- Subject:
- Barrier islands--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Warsaw Island, 31.90494, -80.98066
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Wassaw Island, Georgia. Of all Georgia's coastal barrier islands, Wassaw Island is the least disturbed by human intervention. Only Fort Morgan, constructed during the Spanish-American War (1898), and a small housing compound have been built there since colonial times.
GSE identifier: SS2G1 - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/wassaw-island/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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