The charming village of St. Marys sits perched on the northern banks of it liked named river, hard by the Georgia – Florida state line. We ALWAYS enjoy cruising upstream (off the ICW) to St. Marys. This community is a great place to visit, with good restaurants and more than a little history!
Cumberland Island flanks the Waterway to the east, jsut north of the St. Marys River  and the Florida-Georgia border., It is a National Park, and is WELL worth a visit. The martime forests on Cumberland, not to mention the two surviving "mansions" are absolutely dream-like!
Thanks to Captains Ben and Barbara for the wonderful report below!

We recently stayed at Lang's Marina in St. Mary's, Ga. This is the only marina in St. Mary's.? The small town is quite quaint and interesting. The rate was .75 pf weekly and 1.00 pf daily.? We stayed for 10 days since Ben was doing work on the boat. We had water & electric.? No other amenities.? The Harbor Master, Nate is most helpful. We were able to off load the motorcycle which allowed us to get groceries and Ben was able to get the parts he needed. You can walk to several restaurants, but it is too far to get much of anything else without transportation. The town is wonderful to explore with 2 VERY nice museums one on the Cumberland Island (which is a must stop on the ICW on Cumberland Island we anchored out and took the dingy in and went on a very informative tour given by the National Park Service ) and the other museum is on the seaport hay day of St. Mary's.? This little town is one that time has almost forgotten. We were eating on the balcony of a local restaurant and when we saw 2 cars on the street at the same time Ben said, they had a traffic jam! There are more golf carts then cars. They have a BEAUTIFUL waterfront park. The best thing was buying shrimp right off the shrimp boats as they came in! In the 10 days we were there we bought over 15 pounds of shrimp and even bought enough stone crabs for a wonderful Sunday lunch! We recommend Lang's Seafood Restaurant. Food was very good and the cost reasonable.
Ben and Barbara Falmlen
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