North Atlantic Right Whale

Mother and Calf

Georgia's State Marine Mammal

In February of 1984, an expedition launched from

St. Simons Island discovered the calving grounds of

the North Atlantic Right Whale. Female whales

give birth in nearby coastal waters during the winter

months; But the young calves ...

Atlantic Coastal Highway Through Georgia

From South Carolina line to Florida line

distance of 136 miles. Traversing

Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh,

Glynn and Camden Counties.

First work done in 1735 when the road

from Savannah to Darien, probably the

first road in Georgia, was laid out with

the assistance of Tomochichi, ...

Mid-Atlantic Highlands

The Mid_Atlantic Highlands of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut forms a 3.5 million acre forested greenbelt adjacent to one of the nation's most densely populated regions, which includes Philadelphia, New York City and Hartford.

The region stretches from ...

West Salisbury Little League 2007 Mid-Atlantic Champions

In the summer of 2007, eleven boys from West Salisbury Little League embarked on a spiritual journey that captured the hearts and minds of our town and surrounding communities. The journey began in June 2007, where they were assembled together ...

Atlantic Cable Station and Sunken Forest

The receiving station for the first Atlantic cable, laid in 1874, is located on Old Beach Road opposite this location. The remains of the Sunken Forest (remnants of the Ice Age) may be seen at low tide. Intermingled with these ...

Atlantic

With a length of 1,187 feet and a width of 228 feet, U.S.T. Atlantic and its sister ship, U.S.T. Pacific, are the largest ships ever built in the western hemisphere. An ultra large oil carrier, the vessel was delivered to ...

Atlantic Beach

Marker Front:

Atlantic Beach, nicknamed "The Black Pearl," was established about 1934 as an oceanfront community for blacks denied access to other area beaches by segregation. Many became year-round residents, but most spent their vacations here. From the 1930s to the ...

Florida's First Atlantic to Gulf Railroad

The Florida Railroad Company was incorporated January 8, 1853, with David L. Yulee as president. The line received both federal and state land grants. Despite early financial difficulties, construction was begun from Fernandina, where the main office was located, in ...

Highest Point on the Atlantic Seaboard

Mount Mitchill

Mount Mitchill, at an elevation of 266 feet above sea level, is the highest natural point on the Atlantic Seaboard between southern Maine and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Cartographers (map makers) named the prominence, located in the southwest ...

Melbourne & Atlantic Railroad

Melbourne Beach Historic Site

On this site, in February of 1889, Captain Alfred Wilcox took delivery of a shipment of steel rail that would be used in the building of the Melbourne & Atlantic Railroad. Over the coming months, railroad ...