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Grapevine at Frederica NPS photo |
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Established in 1736, the town of Frederica was the southernmost post of the British colonies in North America. In the 1940s the National Park Service began a series of archeological investigations to determine the layout of the original town and fort, and to gain insight into its past inhabitants. Today, archeological remnants, stately oaks, exceptionally large grapevines, and Spanish moss lend an air of antiquity unequaled on the coast.
Ft. Frederica is an approximately 200+ acre park most of which is saltmarsh, but includes a variety of habitats: large mown areas at the site of the colonial town, adjacent park-like areas of large specimen trees, successional loblolly pine forest, saltmarsh, brackish marsh, small freshwater wetland habitats, swampy forests near the park entrance, and maritime forest and high marsh at the Bloody Marsh unit.
The park is divided by the Frederica River, one of the primary salt marsh rivers in the Brunswick area. 99 acres of marsh lands at the Frederica site are located on the west side of the river and approximately 137 acres of uplands are adjoining the east side of the river. The Bloody Marsh site consists of 8 acres of which approximately 5 acres are tidal marsh. Approximately 50% of park-owned lands are classified as wetlands.
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