Tearoom Journal: Saint Helena Island.....part 1

St. Helena Island is considered an inland Sea Island and does not have actual frontage on the Atlantic Ocean. The island is surrounded by expansive marshes, and it is the largest Sea Island in the Beaufort area; and also is the largest island between Edisto Island and Hilton Head Island along the South Carolina coast. The island is informally divided into several different communities, each with their own distinct identities. The two most established communities on the island are Frogmore and Lands End.

Frogmore is considered to be the commercial center of island activity and is located in the north central portion of the island. For many years, Frogmore was the official name for the whole of St. Helena Island by the U.S. Postal Service, and many on the island still refer to it as such.

Lands End (sometimes referred to as Fort Fremont) is a small community at the southern tip of the island which is home to Fort Fremont, a former military battery which helped guard the entrance to the Beaufort River. The community is popular for its access to open water, thus making it a hub for fishing and recreational opportunities.

Other communities on the island are typically referred to by the road, point, or smaller island they are situated on, including Dulamo Road, Cedar Grove, Eddings Point, Coffin Point, Fripp Point, Folly Road, Warsaw Island Road, and Polawana Road, to name some. And we have explored just about all of them in the past two weeks!!

Here are a few photos we took the past several days....all somewhere on Saint Helena Island....