The Savannah District U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to renourish portions of the St. Simon Island, Sea Island, and Jekyll Island beaches in Glynn County Georgia. In order to identify potentially significant submerged cultural resources in three offshore borrow areas, the Savannah District U. S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a work order under an open ended contract with Gulf Engineers and Consultants, Inc., Baton Rouge. Under a subcontract with Gulf Engineers, Inc., Tidewater Atlantic Research, Inc. of Washington, North Carolina, conducted a cultural resource remote sensing survey using side scan sonar and a marine magnetometer of selected areas near Brunswick Inlet and Pelican Spit off the mouth of the river.
One potentially significant target was identified during the investigation. It was located near the southeastern end of Survey Area III northwest of buoy "R" 8. Material generating the anomaly produced a dipolar magnetic signature of 103 gammas and over a duration of 14 sample intervals. Sonar confirmed that material generating the signature was buried in coarse sand associated with a bar on the north side of the channel. The target could be associated with shipwreck material and avoidance is recommended. In the event that avoidance is not possible, additional investigation of the target is recommended to identify material generating the signature and assess its eligibility nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. No targets were identified in either the Pelican Spit or the Brunswick Channel Area II.
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