I’ve always called these pedestrian sections on the sides of bridges along the coast “fishing bridges” but I know there must be a better name. On a list of McIntosh County fishing piers, this is identified as the Champney River Bridge Catwalk, and catwalk seems a good description. It’s probably the safest, accessibility wise, of all of these public piers in the Altamaha Delta, because there’s a nice parking lot. The others generally have little more than a pull-over spot and US 17 is a very busy road most of the time. Tourists may use these from time to time, but locals, who know the tides and and the runs of numerous species, use them frequently.
If you’re not an angler and just want to take in the coastal scenery, or a birdwatcher checking out the diverse avifauna, they’re a good starting point.
Being a lifelong Georgia resident I just love all of your pictures and especially the history you are often able to include. The recent Darien pictures have really caught my attention primarily because I just finished reading the book Lamb In His Bosom written by Caroline Miller from Baxley Georgia. One of the most fascinating parts of the book was the fact that every year the “men folk” would always load up their oxen pulled wagons with anything they could sell at the coast. The writer never mentioned where on the coast they travelled but after reading the book and studying older state maps I have felt that the site they visited had to be close to Darien. Ms. Elliott received the first Pulitzer awarded for fiction to a woman in Georgia in 1934 and I must say that the book was more educational than I ever expected. Gave me a good history of how difficult life was during the mid to late 1800s and I will never get over the fact that so many of the buildings, houses and cemeteries you photograph were probably around at the time she wrote her story. Would love to know if the Darien coast was indeed the place where the “man folk” travelled each year to sell their wares for enough money to live from year to year. If you are a reader I would recommend this book highly.
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