St. Catherines Island is one of the Sea Islands on the coast of Georgia, 50 miles (80 km) south of Savannah in Liberty County. The privately held island is ten miles long and from one to three miles wide; more than half of its 14,640 acres (59 km²) are tidal marsh and wetlands. The Sea Islands are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. ... Coordinates: County Chatham Mayor Otis S. Johnson Area    - City 202. ... Liberty County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... Tides are the cyclic rising and falling of Earths ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the Earth. ... Freshwater marsh in Florida In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, cat tails, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ...

The island has been inhabited for at least 4000 years, and was a Guale settlement by 1576. By 1587 it was the northernmost permanent Spanish outpost on the Atlantic Coast's. Spanish colonies were planted as far north as Chesapeake Bay, but none lasted more than a year or two. During the 17th century, St. Catherines Island was the center of the Guale missionary province of Spanish Florida. Guale was a Native American chiefdom that became part of Spanish Floridas missionary system in the late 16th century. ... Events May 5 - Peace of Beaulieu or Peace of Monsieur (after Monsieur, the Duc dAnjou, brother of the King, who negotiated it). ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Look up Atlantic Ocean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Chesapeake Bay - Landsat photo The Chesapeake Bay where the Susquehanna River empties into it. ... Spanish Florida refers to the Spanish colony of Florida. ...

In 1766 the island was leased by Button Gwinnett. It was run as a plantation for nearly a century, until the Civil War ended, and for some time afterwards, though in 1868 the newly freed slaves of the plantation were forced to relocate to White Bluff, Georgia. 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Button Gwinnett. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Lincoln, President Ulysses S. Grant, General Jefferson Davis, President Robert E. Lee, General Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... White Bluff was a collection of communities—Nicholsonboro, Rose Dhu, Twin Hill, and Cedar Grove—located in Chatham County, Georgia and now part of Savannah. ...

In 1943 Edward John Noble bought the island; in 1968, ten years after his death, the island was transferred to the Edward J. Noble Foundation. Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Edward John Noble (1882 – 1958) was a U.S. broadcasting and candy industrialist. ...

External links

• Human History of St. Catherines, from the website of the St. Catherines Sea Turtle Program
• St Catherines, from an Ohio State University website