Sapelo Island is about 60 miles south of Savannah, reachable from the mainland by boat. The gangway, installed in 2021, connects an outer dock where people board the ferry to another dock onshore.

‘Everyone is family’ in one of Georgia’s last Gullah-Geechee communities Sapelo Island – a barrier island off the coast of Georgia accessible only by boat or ferry – is home to the Hogg ...

Little St. Simons Island and Sea Island. But Sapelo, only accessible by boat or airplane, remains largely wild. No one can visit the island unannounced. Visitors must be part of a tour, a guest of a ...

On the heels of Sapelo Island and Shelter Cove dock incidents, are Head Island’s docks and gangways safe? Asking that question leads local and state agencies to point fingers at each other.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Authorities said at least seven people were killed Saturday when part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia's Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by ...

In October, the gangway at a dock on Sapelo Island in Georgia collapsed ... The public ferry to Daufuskie Island docks at the C.C. Haigh Boat Landing, located on Pinckney Island between Hilton ...