Sightseeing
Fort Frederica Visitor Center
No admission feeVisitor center for Fort Frederica National Monument, a colonial British outpost on St. Simons Island that tells of a frontier defense.
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Sightseeing
Fort Frederica National Monument
Ruins and archaeological remains of an 18th-century British fort and town on St. Simons Island, Georgia.
6515 Frederica Rd., St. Simons Island, GA 31522 · St. Simons Island, GA
About Fort Frederica National Monument
Founded under James Oglethorpe in the mid-1730s, this fort stood on Georgia's southern edge as a defense against Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Archaeologists have uncovered the lives of the roughly 1,000 people who once lived in the town, and a barracks ruin is among the few structures still standing above ground.
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