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Built in 1938 by Sapelo's Geechee community as the island's ferry, this wooden vessel later served as a WWII fireboat and carried pioneering ecologists like Eugene Odum before citizens rescued it from the scrapyard in 2017.
Historical Marker
The Vessel <i>Kit Jones</i>
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About this site
The Vessel <i>Kit Jones</i> is a historical marker in Darien, Mcintosh County, erected in 2025. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Mcintosh County, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.3708, -81.4336 near Darien. The nearest cataloged historic site is New Inverness (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include McIntosh County, McIntosh County Courthouse, and Darien's Railroad and Depot.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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