Valentine's Day Sunset

Sunset at Cumberland Harbour

Night view across the ICW from Cumberland Harbour

With Cumberland Island in the distance

Photo courtesy of Ted Scherck

Cumberland Island Annual Horse Count

The 2009 Annual Horse Count takes place this weekend, Mar. 20-22, at Cumberland Island. The annual census utilizes volunteers from around the country, including many students. Cumberland Harbour residents Bernie & Mary Huber, National Park Service volunteers, also take part.

Though impossible to count virtually every horse, the census, by utilizing the same methods year to year, has developed over time a clear picture of horse population and health trends.

Volunteers gather for a review session Friday evening. Saturday entails counting in the northern part of the Island. Saturday night features the traditional Brats and Bubbas Barbeque. The census finishes on Sunday, where counts are done in the south. Protocols employed allow the final tabulation to identify and exclude redundant counts (ie, same horse counted twice).

The existence of horses is not without some controversy. Horses are not native to the island, and environmentalists charge horses feed on and destroy sand dune plant life, which anchor the dunes and serve to protect the dunes and island from erosion. The Park Service has in this case decided to allow the horses to remain.

Space Shuttle Discovery launch seen
from Cumberland Harbour
Launch time: Sun., 3/15/09, 7:43 pm

CH Gatehouse gets facelift with new paintjob

Merry Cumberland Harbour Christmas & Happy Hanukkah

Tropical Storm Fay
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008

Friday, Aug. 22, 2008

"Day After" TS Fay photos on Harbour Photos

Harbour Lights homepage

Aerial View of Fire Damage on north section of Cumberland IslandView faces west with the mainland and St. Andrews Sound visible in the distance. The Chandler property is in the lower left corner. The "Settlement," which contains the tiny First African Baptist Church where JFK Jr. got married, isn't visible but is located near the northernmost tip of fire damage in upper center of photo.

Plum Orchard Outing July 19, 2008

Cumberland Harbour residents enjoyed an outing which featured a tour of the Plum Orchard mansion and grounds on Cumberland Island by CH residents Bernie & Mary Huber. Bernie & Mary have served and continue to serve as U.S. Park Service volunteer caretakers of the Plum Orchard estate, located on U.S. Park Service land within the Cumberland Island National Wilderness Area.

After boating over, residents enjoyed a picnic lunch under the live oaks and a tour of the historic mansion and grounds by Bernie & Mary. It was a great day & thanks to all who worked to make it a success, particulary Rita Bruce, Kay Robertson & Susan Gregory who organized, and the Cumberland Harbour "flotilla" boat captains, who transported everyone to and from Plum Orchard.

More Plum Orchard Outing photos