Activities
What Else is there to Do?
We also offer the following activities:
• Cooking Classes with Chef Lynan
• Scuba Diving
• Snorkeling
• Kayaking or Canoeing
• Eco Tours
Note: These are special activities and all the above must be quoted accordingly. Please contact us to make the necessary arrangements.
The Areas We Fish Out Of
Alligator Point:
Alligator Point, located in Franklin County, is loaded with history and fun places to visit. The area served as the temporary home for nearly 200 military installations (250,000 military personnel) during World War II for preparation for D-Day A major Army Air Corps airfield in Apalachicola and the Amphibious Training Center (ATC) of the Army Ground Forces Command, assisted by the Navy and Marine Corps, at Camp Gordon Johnston in Franklin County provided training and housing for some 30,000 military personnel. Visit the Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum www.campgordonjohnston.com.
Colonel Gordon Johnston had been a distinguished cavalry officer of the late 19th and early 20th century, who had earned a Medal of Honor during the Philippine Insurrection, and who had later fought with the Allied Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. Four separate camps comprised the complex: three for regimental combat teams, and the fourth for the headquarters and support facilities centered on the Lanark Hotel. Alligator Point served as an aerial gunnery area, and Dog and St. George Islands were used for amphibious landings and airdrops.
German and Italian prisoners were sent to the camp beginning in 1944. After VJ Day (Victory Over Japan) in August 1945, the camp was the scene of a wild, continuous and spontaneous celebration. By 1947 the U. S. Army was gone.
Blue Creek:
