Sunrise looking south in the North Santee river 36" X 48"

For those who enjoy secluded SC lowcountry landscapes and have determination as well as appropriate means of access (reliable boat  equipped with an up to date GPS), this is the most outstanding location along with the Cape Romain estuary and Bulls Island bay area for interfacing the the raw elements of our remarkable wildlife sanctuary. First civilized by French Huguenot refugees following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in the 1680's, this became the wealthiest region on the continent in the late 18th century because of the extensive cultivation of rice. Initially, populated by a dense cypress forest, once  tidal cultivation of rice, well established in west Africa, was introduced, the thousands of acres of cypress forest were cleared and reformatted with a labyrinth of dikes, canals, creeks , impoundments which were wholly devised and constructed to efficiently cultivate and harvest the finest rice crop in the world known as "Carolina Gold". Following the Civil War, the labor