CHARLESTON, SC TO McCLELLANVILLE, SC

Monday, April 27th, 2015

Day 266
Miles Traveled: 39
Total Miles Traveled: 3357



  We didn't leave until 11:00 am so that we could travel through a shallow section of the Atlantic ICW close to high tide.  We headed south down the Cooper River to reenter the Atlantic ICW.  Just before making the turn to exit Charleston Harbor and the Cooper River, Fort Sumter was on our right side.  We got a little better view this time, compared to our arrival at Charleston.  There are tour boats that go out to the fort, but, we did not work this into our itinerary during our visit.  Fort Sumter, named for South Carolina Revolutionary War patriot Thomas Sumter, is where the opening shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861.

Fort Sumter

  Several miles into our days travels, we passed by Goat Island (which is past the waterway called Sullivan Island Narrows and along Meeting Reach).  From 1931 to the early 1960's, the only inhabitants were Henry "Goat Man" Holloway, his wife, Blanche, and a herd of goats.  According to the legend, they ate what the land and sea provided.  They lived on the island as hermits for more than 30 years. 

Goat Island is to the left - now with many vacation homes

  Past Goat Island we crossed Bullyard Sound and entered Price Creek which took us to the Harbor River.  Along these waterways the scenery fluctuated between low marshland and marshland lined with trees.  

low marshland on the right

tree-lined marshland

  After leaving the Harbor River, we entered Mathews Cut, which took us to Jeremy Creek.  Just 1/2 mile up Jeremy Creek is Leland Oil Company.  This company has a very small marina.  Further up the creek are quite a few docks with shrimp boats.  After getting our lines all secured, we walked down to the shrimp boat dock area and found a fresh seafood market.  We purchased some crab dip made on site and had it for an appetizer before dinner.  It was delicious.