Wild Island Nature Hunting Island State Park and Saint Phillips Island by Carol Corbin, Ph.D.

Welcome to a place that is constantly changing.Hunting Island State Park and Saint Phillips Island's beaches, lagoons, and forests shift with the twice daily changing of the ocean's tides. One visit and you're implored to return again and again to observe these dramatic shifts. Inside the pages of Wild Island Nature, you'll enjoy visual landscapes artistically captured by the area's dedicated photographers who are drawn to chronicle these fascinating islands. Author Carol Corbin, the Friends of Hunting Island and park staff share observations and information about the historical and cultural significance of these islands, as well as their important natural habitats, making Wild Island Nature the next best thing to being here!Explore a wild place, or twoHunting Island State Park, one of the South Carolina barrier islands is shaped by the crashing waves of the Atlantic Ocean. This dramatic landscape of 'boneyards,' beaches and maritime forests is home to an abundance of creatures-among them, birds, alligators, and loggerhead turtles. Its dramatic, black and white lighthouse watches over the daily drama on the beach and in the lagoons. Its sister island, Saint Phillips Island, accessable only by watercraft, is one of six National Natural Landmarks in South Carolina. Like Hunting Island, Saint Phillips Island was inhabited by indigenous people who left evidence of artifacts and oyster mounds. Saint Phillips is home to tabby ruins and ruins of Fort Beauregard, a Confederate fort set up to guard Port Royal Sound during the Civil War.