Fort George Island Sports & Outdoors Tips by grandmaR

MM 735 Fort George Anchorage

In 2000, as we come in the Fort George River past the big park (Kingsley Plantation) on the south side of the river to anchor, people are out on the lawn pointing at us, and people periodically come out and look at us. We anchored after 19.7 miles at 5.3 mph for a total of 797 nautical miles since we left the Potomac.

LUNATIC II from Boston came in after us and anchored. A motor boat called VALKERIE, and a single hander from Maine also anchored. The Maine boat is too far away for me to see the name, as is a boat that anchors right at the end of the creek. There are a lot of little fishing boats, but most of them leave by sunset.

The next morning, the boat at the entrance left early and fisherman came back into the creek starting at dawn. Started the engine at 7. There was a crab pot boat pulling pots and a gaggle of pelicans following him

Another (power) boater wrote: When we anchored last night, the tide was running out. The tidal range in that area of Florida can be as much as 5 feet. We anchored with our bow into the current, facing west. There was a sailboat about a half mile further up the creek who had apparently come in on the high tide and when the tide ran out, they went hard aground. At low tide, they were almost completely out of the water, and leaning over about 45 degrees. I can explain away a lot of things but I'm glad I wasn't that guy trying to convince his wife that heeling at anchor was normal.

Equipment: There are no services here. You can land at the dock and walk around the grounds of the plantation. It is free.

You can kayak around the area too, but there is no actual connection between the Fort George River and the Atlantic except by going out and down to and out the St. John's River. If you want to go across to the Atlantic, you will have to portage.

Theme: Boating/Sailing