SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Once a shining beacon for ships entering the Savannah shipping channel, the Cockspur Island lighthouse has been long snuffed but the love for it lives on. “The community loves ...

At 46 feet, the Cockspur Island Lighthouse might not be the tallest lighthouse on the East Coast, but if you are sitting in a kayak, bobbing in the swell of an outgoing tide at the mouth of the ...

Effective immediately Fort Pulaski National Monument has closed the Cockspur Island Lighthouse and Lighthouse Island. The lighthouse is closed because it presents health and safety risks to park ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A local non-profit partnered with The Blood Connection to celebrate National Lighthouse Day at Fort Pulaski. In honor of National Lighthouse Day, Friends Of Cockspur Island ...

Nestled on the Savannah River near the South Carolina border, travelers to Georgia will find a small island with a big history. Cockspur Island, named for the shape of its reef, has a historic fort ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. - After weathering hurricanes, dodging Civil War cannon volleys and enduring the incessant erosion wrought by tides and rising seas over the past 160 years, the Cockspur Island ...

On April 11, 1862, federal cannons were raining destruction onto Cockspur Island’s Fort Pulaski. Confederate forces surrendered the fort that day after a withering 30-hour barrage. Fired from Tybee, ...

For those visiting Georgia's Golden Isles, and for locals, taking photos in front of a lighthouse is a great memory and pretty impressive structure to witness. And Georgia has several that still stand ...