Shouts of ‘Good-bye, tak care of your self,’ are heard and one woman cries: ‘Tell Lucy much huddy for me.
On the wharf a sea of upturned black faces.

If traffic is light, I can make the drive in about sixty minutes. Access & Boating Edisto River Recreational Boating The Edisto River Basin supports a variety of recreational boating opportunities. A deck hand is unwinding the bow line. The nearer the boat approaches Charleston, the narrower the river becomes until it seems as if the steamer will never be able to squeeze itself through the small opening. There is a ‘fair sprinkling’ of Seabrooks, Mikells, Jenkins, LaRoches, Baileys, Whaleys, Popes, Murrays, Mitchells, Townsends, Hills, and Popes. The route is simple, following US-17 westward out of Charleston, then SC-174 the rest of the way to Edisto.The route is barely different directly from Charleston Airport, taking I-526 onto US-17 and then proceeding as per the above route. Jesse, the red-headed cabin boy—a pure negro in spite of his red hair—is getting ready to serve dinner.The person who has not made the trip from Edisto Island to Charleston by boat has no idea of the beauty of the river scenery. It seems as though every foot of space in a radius of a hundred yards from the dock is alive with negroes. Today we’ll board the steamer The distance from my office at the Charlestown County Public Library’s main branch in downtown Charleston and the Edisto Island branch library is almost exactly 42 miles. A broad, man-made ditch created three hundred years ago and called “New Cut” connects the Wadmalaw River to the Stono River. Daily fishing fee: … Tell she I goin’ to see she soon.’‘Take in your bow line,’ shouts Capt.
The boat scrapes the wharf, lines are thrown to waiting hands, and the pulsing of the engine dies out. The The passengers prepare to disembark. Chalmers Swinton Murray (died 1975) was born on the island in 1894 and later became a professional journalist and freelance writer. Please check all details before planning your travel. Edisto Island is one of several developed barrier islands along the South Carolina coast. Some parts of the river are very shallow indeed, and if a boat the size of the These hazards add to the zest of the trip however—at least for the small boy. No busy scene on the Mississippi was ever as colorful as this. There are a few other attractions on the island itself, such as the beautiful Edisto Beach State Park and Botany Bay Plantation, the Edisto Island Museum and the Edisto Island Serpentarium.Other than that, however, you will have to go further afield for a broader range of historic and natural attractions, for which you will generally need a car.Most visitors to Edisto Island travel there by car due to the paucity of alternative options. Thanks to the modern conveniences of steel-belted rubber tires, asphalt roads, and concrete bridges, it’s not a difficult journey at all.

Situated southwest of Charleston, it is only an hour or so from that city by road, and within day trip distance of many other South Carolina cities.Edisto Island lacks transportation connections other than by road, so if you are traveling from further away and want to fly or get there by bus or train, it will generally be most convenient to travel to Charleston and rent a car or use a local taxi or rideshare service to continue your journey to Edisto.In summer, Edisto’s main draw is the beach, with miles of oceanfront and a relaxed, family-friendly environment.

Edisto’s location somewhat off the main north-south East Coast route adds to the travel time from other lowcountry locations, but otherwise the island is easy enough to get to, with minimal traffic once you get onto Edisto itself.The distance from downtown Charleston to Edisto Beach is around 50 miles. A midnight Fourth of July boating trip turned fatal when a boat crashed into a piling on the Edisto River in Jacksonboro. The second option is the “inner passage,” a route that follows the meandering paths of the several coastal rivers that flow towards the ocean. On this trip it may be necessary to have a third table, for it is ‘Gala Week’ [an annual civic fête] in Charleston and the islanders will attend the event in large numbers. . Wappoo Creek was once a natural stream that linked the Stono with the Ashley River, but the Wappoo was likewise “cut” several times to widen it for boat traffic.For nearly a century—right up to about 1918, a steamboat landed and departed once or twice a week from a wharf on Edisto Island’s Russell Creek, which flows into the North Edisto River. The stevedores can hardly secure the right-of-way for their [hand] trucks, and they curse heartily as an aged negro stumbles over the foremost truck and is rescued by Captain Ferguson who is making for the warehouse. Capt. Phillips .