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WorldTravel > popular today > This sunset was captured from St. George Island. The sun rises on the Gulf of Mexico side of the island and the sun sets over Apalachicola Bay. The Apalachicola Bay system also includes St. Georges Sound, St. Vincent Sound and East Bay, covering an area of about 539 sq. km. Three islands (St. Vincent, St. George and Dog I.) separate the system from the Gulf of Mexico. Water exchange occurs through Indian Pass, West Pass, East Pass and the Duer Channel. The bay has been designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Apalachicola River is the largest source of freshwater to the estuary. Combined with the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, they drain a watershed of over 51,800 sq. km at a rate of 555 cubic m/sec (USGS, 2002). The region features 1,162 species of plants, and includes the largest natural stand of tupelo trees in the world. The area is also home to 308 species of birds, 186 species of fish, 57 species of mammals, and boasts the highest species density of amphibians and reptiles in all of North America, north of Mexico (Apalachicola Reserve, 2002).
WorldTravel > popular today > Artists regularly capture the beauty of St. George Island. It is a barrier island in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 28 miles long and two miles wide at its widest point. St. George Island is adjacent to Cape St. George Island. The island is separated from the mainland by a four-mile long bridge across Apalachicola Bay, connecting to Eastpoint, Florida. Nearby towns include Eastpoint, Carrabelle and Apalachicola. Today, St. George Island is known for its serene and tranquil setting, where a number of beach homes and small hotels have sprouted up. They range from small cottages, to townhouses to large multi-million dollar beach homes. There are hundreds of dwellings there, mainly for tourists and there are few all-year residents that reside on the island. During the winter season, the island is almost empty. St. George Island State Park occupies the eastern nine miles of the island. The park has a series of hiking trails, boardwalks and observation platforms. Bird watching is a popular activity there. During the early and mid-1900s the Island's pine forest was turpentined for the production of naval stores. In 1954, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the ship channel known as Bob Sikes Cut across St. George Island creating Cape St. George Island or "Little St. George Island" and enhanced its remoteness. The cut is used by the fishing fleet from Apalachicola and provides an access to the Gulf waters from the bayside.
WorldTravel > popular today > This photo was taken before sunrise in apalachicola on a fishing trip to the Gulf of Mexico.
WorldTravel > popular today > One may think that this photo was "staged". However, the actual story is as follows. My wife bought two red carnations to drop into Apalachicola Bay at sunset to honor her recently deceased father and mother. She carried the carnations and her vodka martini to the end of our friends' dock on St. George Island and placed them on a bench. It was at this point I photographed the martini and carnations as the sun was dipping below the horizon. She dropped one carnation into the water to honor her mother and about one minute later dropped the other one to honor her father. The tide was going out and the water was moving at a fast rate towards Bob Sikes Cut located a short distance to the west. About five minutes later, our friend, on whose dock we were standing, pointed at a red object floating in the water against the tide at the opposite end of the dock. Photographs were taken showing the two red carnations floating stem to stem and while we watched they came together bloom to bloom. We were all overcome with emotion upon witnessing this unexplainable event. My wife was convinced that this was a "sign" that her parents were at last together.
WorldTravel > popular today > Shrimp and fishing boats moored on Scipio Creek marina in Apalachicola. Time was when the shrimp in the United States were caught in the Gulf of Mexico by shrimpers - fishermen who took their boats out to the seas or the bays, returning home laden with the squirming pink, translucent white, or silvery gray shellfish. Apalachicola, like so many towns along the Gulf of Mexico, was not so long ago a thriving fishing village, its working waterfront crowded with shrimp boats. Today, it's a different matter. Many Gulf shrimpers have given up, victim most recently of regulations that limit when and how they bring in their catch, by the high prices of fuel, and by the price competition that comes from cheap imported shrimp. It's probably less expensive right here in Apalachicola to eat shrimp farmed in Thailand than it is to buy the real deal fresh off the boats coming into the bay.
WorldTravel > popular today > Relax in a swing on Apalachicola Bay
WorldTravel > popular today > FLORIDA'S FORGOTTEN COAST photo
This sunset was captured from St. George Island. The sun rises on the Gulf of Mexico side of the island and the sun sets over Apalachicola Bay. The Apalachicola Bay system also includes St. Georges Sound, St. Vincent Sound and East Bay, covering an area of about 539 sq. km. Three islands (St. Vincent, St. George and Dog I.) separate the system from the Gulf of Mexico. Water exchange occurs through Indian Pass, West Pass, East Pass and the Duer Channel. The bay has been designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Apalachicola River is the largest source of freshwater to the estuary. Combined with the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, they drain a watershed of over 51,800 sq. km at a rate of 555 cubic m/sec (USGS, 2002).

The region features 1,162 species of plants, and includes the largest natural stand of tupelo trees in the world. The area is also home to 308 species of birds, 186 species of fish, 57 species of mammals, and boasts the highest species density of amphibians and reptiles in all of North America, north of Mexico (Apalachicola Reserve, 2002).
> This sunset was captured from St. George Island. The sun rises on the Gulf of Mexico side of the island and the sun sets over Apalachicola Bay. The Apalachicola Bay system also includes St. Georges Sound, St. Vincent Sound and East Bay, covering an area of about 539 sq. km. Three islands (St. Vincent, St. George and Dog I.) separate the system from the Gulf of Mexico. Water exchange occurs through Indian Pass, West Pass, East Pass and the Duer Channel. The bay has been designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Apalachicola River is the largest source of freshwater to the estuary. Combined with the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, they drain a watershed of over 51,800 sq. km at a rate of 555 cubic m/sec (USGS, 2002). The region features 1,162 species of plants, and includes the largest natural stand of tupelo trees in the world. The area is also home to 308 species of birds, 186 species of fish, 57 species of mammals, and boasts the highest species density of amphibians and reptiles in all of North America, north of Mexico (Apalachicola Reserve, 2002).
This sunset was captured from St. George Island. The sun rises on the Gulf of Mexico side of the island and the sun sets over Apalachicola Bay. The Apalachicola Bay system also includes St. Georges Sound, St. Vincent Sound and East Bay, covering an area of about 539 sq. km. Three islands (St. Vincent, St. George and Dog I.) separate the system from the Gulf of Mexico. Water exchange occurs through Indian Pass, West Pass, East Pass and the Duer Channel. The bay has been designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Apalachicola River is the largest source of freshwater to the estuary. Combined with the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, they drain a watershed of over 51,800 sq. km at a rate of 555 cubic m/sec (USGS, 2002).

The region features 1,162 species of plants, and includes the largest natural stand of tupelo trees in the world. The area is also home to 308 species of birds, 186 species of fish, 57 species of mammals, and boasts the highest species density of amphibians and reptiles in all of North America, north of Mexico (Apalachicola Reserve, 2002).
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