Description North Island has always been the beacon from the sea leading toward Georgetown, South Carolina.
North Island\'s lighthouse, built in 1812, led thousands of sailing ships from all over the world past massive.
It was a summer resort for aristocratic rice planters and their slaves from Georgetown and Waccamaw Neck until 1861.
It was an island of exploration for the Spanish in 1526 and the first landing place of Lafayette, France\'s hero of the American Revolution, in 1777.
Description North Island has always been the beacon from the sea leading toward Georgetown, South Carolina