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	Cumberland Island - Georgia's Gem by Capt. John Kumiski
		Cumberland Sound and thousands of acres of fertile salt marsh separates Cumberland from the Georgia mainland.
		In the 1500's the Spanish released horses on Cumberland.
		Cumberland Island is on the Atlantic Flyway and from fall through spring the marshes are alive with migratory shorebirds.
	reel-time.com /feature/kumiski/cumberland/default.asp (1780 words)

	Cumberland Sound (AV-17) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cumberland Sound (AV-17) was launched 11 January 1944 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, Wash.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Cumberland Sound was underway to make her contribution to winning the war in the Pacific on 28 October 1944 bound for Pearl Harbor carrying six planes, passengers, and cargo.
		Cumberland Sound rendezvoused with elements of the 3d Fleet at Okinawa 18 August and sailed to Tokyo Bay, arriving 28 August to set up a seadrome.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/av17.htm (254 words)

	Cumberland Sound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cumberland Sound is a body of water between Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada.
		It is home to the Cumberland Sound Beluga whale, an endangered species thought to reside year-round in the sound, with summers spent at the northern end.
		The only settlement which is located on the shore of the sound on the Cumberland Peninsula is Pangnirtung.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cumberland_Sound (137 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| Georgia \| Coast \| Southern Coast \| Cumberland Island National Seashore
		Cumberland is frequently described as the largest barrier island on the Georgia coast, an assertion that is both true and false.
		At its southern end are Cumberland Sound, fed by the St. Marys River, and Amelia Island.
		At the northern end on the western side are ruins of the Cumberland Wharf, used by steamboats that carried vacationers from Brunswick and St. Simons to the Cumberland Island Hotel, which hosted guests from 1870 to 1920.
	sherpaguides.com /georgia/coast/southern_coast/cumberland_island_national_seashore.html (4188 words)

	Cumberland Sound
		Cumberland Sound is a major inlet, 300 km long, with an average width of 65 km, in the east coast of BAFFIN ISLAND.
		The head of the sound is backed by a hilly lowland with valleys leading to interior plains.
		The structural alignment and parallel sides of Cumberland Sound suggest it originated through large-scale faulting.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002073 (124 words)

	Welcome to Nunavut Parks: On The Land: Qikiqtaaluk: Kekerten Territorial Park: About the Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1852, a group of American whalers aboard the vessel McLellan became the first group to spend the winter in Cumberland Sound, setting a precedent that was soon to become standard practice for most whalers in the region.
		Cumberland Sound was yielding fewer whales each year, the result of two decades of intense exploitation.
		But despite the relative dearth of whales, Cumberland Sound was still the location of choice for the dwindling industry.
	www.nunavutparks.com /on_the_land/kekerten_park_about.cfm (1083 words)

	Cumberland Sound Beluga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cumberland Sound Belugas are a population of beluga whale.
		The population reside in the Cumberland Sound between the Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada.
		Belugas have been known to live as long as 57 years, as was the case of a whale found in the Beaufort Sea, but a sample taken from the Cumberland Sound revealed the oldest whales at 26 years for a female, and 24 years for a male.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cumberland_Sound_Beluga (207 words)

	set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cumberland Island is the biggest and southernmost island of Georgia's portion of the barrier island system.
		It is separated from the mainland by Cumberland Sound, which receives freshwater input from the Crooked River and St.
		Tides in the Sound are semi-diurnal with a mean tidal range of 1.9 m and a spring range of 2.6 m.
	ecoinformatics.uvm.edu /SET/cumberland_set.html (225 words)

	Crypt: History of Camden & Charlton Counties, Georgia
		Cumberland Island is about 18 miles long and 3 miles wide at the widest.
		The Cumberland River and the Cumberland Sound separate it from the mainland.
		Cumberland, and the other islands that string up the coastline, make up a barrier island chain between the mainland and the Atlantic ocean resulting in calmer weather for us here on shore.
	www.camdencounty.org /history/cumberland_island.html (2845 words)

	Is Tranquility the Tonic You Seek? The Awe of Cumberland Island
		Cumberland is actually larger in size than its neighbor, Amelia Island, yet almost uninhabited, with the exception of a tiny number of homes of private landowners.
		Cumberland is one of the largest barrier islands in a chain of islands along the Atlantic Coast, stretching from Cape Hatteras, NC south to the Talbot Islands in northeast Florida.
		Cumberland is plainly visible across the water from Fort Clinch, a pre-civil war brick fortress perched on Amelia’s shoreline (Fort Clinch State Park occupies over 1,150 acres on Amelia Island’s northend).
	www.ameliaislandliving.com /emagazine/publish/printer_267.shtml (2350 words)

	Canku Ota - May 17, 2003 - The Fish are Flying
		The number of fish from Cumberland Sound's inshore fishery has risen, fallen and is rising again, according to data collected by the federal department of fisheries and oceans.
		Inshore turbot fishing in Cumberland Sound began 1987, after hunters reported finding the deep-water fish in the stomachs of seals.
		Cumberland Sound is known for its high winds that create unstable ice and prevent fishermen from safely reaching their longlining holes.
	www.turtletrack.org /Issues03/Co05172003/CO_05172003_FishFlying.htm (973 words)

	Cumberland University
		Cumberland University is located in Lebanon, Tennessee, 30 miles east of Nashville.
		While Cumberland University has a distinguished past, the university is focused on the future, and on educating the next generation of leaders.
		Cumberland University is an institution committed to excellence.
	www.cumberland.edu /about (287 words)

	www.myspace.com/cumberlandsound
		USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17), 1944-1962 USS Cumberland Sound, a 8000-ton Kenneth Whiting class seaplane tender, was built at Tacoma, Washington.
		Commissioned in August 1944, she served in the Pacific during the remainder of World War II and was present in Tokyo Bay when Japan surrendered on 2 September 1945.
		She was decommissioned in May 1947 and remained in the Pacific reserve fleet until sold in April 1962.
	www.myspace.com /cumberlandsound (202 words)

	Getaway Vacation, Honeymoon Getaway, Luxury Romantic Hotel - the Greyfield Inn a Luxury Romantic Hotel
		Located about 10 miles southeast of Brunswick, Georgia, adjacent to Jekyll Island, Cumberland is bordered by St. Andrews Sound on the north, Amelia Island, Florida to the south, and on the west by Cumberland Sound and the Cumberland River, part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
		Cumberland is approximately 18 miles long and 3 miles wide, our nation's largest wilderness island.
		Explore Cumberland's treasures by jeep with an island Naturalist, watch for the famous wild horses or alligators sunning along creek banks, catch a fleeting glimpse of whitetail deer or bobcat.
	www.greyfieldinn.com /events.html (1132 words)

	CumberlandIsland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cumberland Island National Seashore is a great barrier island along the Atlantic coast of Georgia.
		The island is, of course, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Cumberland Sound on the west.
		The campsite sits on the banks of the Cumberland Sound and, provided the weather cooperates, we guess the sunsets must be totally spectacular.
	www.outandback.org /cumberlandislandhome.htm (1171 words)

	Georgia Family Fishing Vacations
		The sound itself, plus a network of tidal creeks and the expansive marshes between the sound and 17 1/2-mile-long Cumberland Island, offers outstanding fishing for many of the same species.
		A rock jetty off the south end of the island, which is designed to maintain the channel through Cumberland Sound, holds a wide variety of fish year 'round.
		Cumberland Island has a terrific walk-in campground (Sea Camp) that is semi-developed, and the island's sheer size and the scope of its offerings really call for folks spending at least one night when they visit.
	www.georgiasportsmanmag.com /fishing/GA_0605_01/index3.html (648 words)

	Franz Boas 1901
		A kayak (1) was obtained from Cumberland Sound by Lieut.
		Peary, is practically identical in structure with that from Cumberland Sound.
		For this reason the ribs of their kayaks are made of three pieces, one for the bottom, and one for each side.
	www.arctickayaks.com /PDF/Boas1901/boas.htm (3532 words)

	Boating Life - A Different Approach
		Those same guns still stand sentinel, looming over Cumberland Sound, reminding all how tumultuous the world was at the beginning of this century.
		When the waters of the Sound had calmed a bit, we took the Tracker in to get a view of the fort as invading ships would have seen it.
		When the Sound had calmed a bit, we took the Tracker to Cumberland Island, where we beached it and explored its largely deserted shorelines.
	www.boatinglife.com /article_content.jsp?ID=11795 (1936 words)

	A Semanchuk.com Trip Report - Cumberland Island, January 1999
		Cumberland Island is a National Seashore that lies just off of the coast of Georgia and just north of the Florida border.
		Our original plan for the day was to paddle north up the Brickhill River into Cumberland Sound and north through the sound to the lighthouse on the northern tip of Little Cumberland Island.
		The Cumberland Wharf Ruins, by the way, are at this stage in their life a lot more "ruin" than "wharf", more a spot on the map than anything else.
	www.semanchuk.com /TripReports/CumberlandIsland (3488 words)

	Cumberland Community Forest Society: Make a Donation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cumberland Museum and Archives at 2680 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland.
		Cutting Edge, located at 2733B Dunsmuir Avenue in Cumberland, is now selling 50 bags of WCDES fair trade coffee per month which brings the CCFS an additional $150 per month.
		Cumberland Chamber of Commerce at 2775 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland.
	www.cumberlandforest.com /donate.html (567 words)

	VPNAVY - VP-22 History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
		"...Cumberland Sound (the Seaplane Tender VP-22 was assigned 1944-1945)...One story my father loves to tell was, "Our crew was crew 13, the plane was Y-13, when another squadron lost ther crew 13 the CO asked if we wanted to change crew numbers.
		From 22 January 1945 to 22 June 1945 VP-42 was based aboard the USS CUMBERLAND SOUND (AV-17) at Ulithi, conducting ASW operations against the Japanese-held Western Caroline Islands.
		After a short period of operations aboard the USS Norton Sound at Chimu Wan Bay, Okinawa, the squadron moved to Sasebo, in Japan aboard the USS Pine Island.
	www.vpnavy.com /vp22_1944.html (519 words)

	Greyfield Inn, Cumberland Island Georgia
		Time slows to the rhythm of nature, the distant figure of a person walking the beach is unusual and the wild horses roam the island for the sheer pleasure.
		Because Cumberland Island is a National Seashore and part of the National Park System, retreating to Greyfield is truly undisturbed.
		Once Cumberland Island takes your breath away, you'll be ready to journey for a day through the moss shrouded twisted oak forests, forests so quiet you can hear yourself breathe.
	www.greyfieldinn.com /celebration.html (749 words)

	St. Marys Speckled Trout Action
		For instance, the waters of St. Andrews Sound between Jekyll and Cumberland islands host one of the largest spawning grounds for sharks on the eastern seaboard.
		The first stop of the day was a series of marsh grass beds in the extreme southern end of Cumberland Sound where it joins the St. Marys River.
		Unfortunately, during our day on the water the fishing was proving quite slow, particularly evidenced by the fact that surrounding bait-anglers were doing a lot of lounging in their boats.
	www.georgiasportsmanmag.com /fishing/saltwater-fishing/ga_aa071104a (1989 words)

	Palacios Beacon Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As a turret gunner on a PBM flying gunship (which also capable of carrying bombs for depth charges, he was in the Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa and Philippines campaigns, among the toughest and most decisive battles in the closing chapters of the war.
		Matthes' squadron was aboard the Cumberland Sound in Tokyo Bay when the treaty to end the war was signed.
		On Thanksgiving Day, 1945, the Cumberland Sound pulled anchor and with hundreds of sailors, Marines and soldiers aboard, headed for Seattle, Wash., where it arrived on Dec. 7, four years to the day after Pearl Harbor.
	www.palaciosbeacon.com /home/features-matthes.shtml (507 words)

	NUMBER 9 APRIL 1988
		The sound appears to be an important travel corridor for manatees.
		AN important objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of boat traffic on submarine light attenuation through the implementation of an experimental no-wake zone.
		Hobe Sound is used by manatees during the winter, and they may have a substantial impact on the seagrass community.
	www.sirenian.org /sirenews/09APR1988.html (4568 words)

	Quick Links
		I was opposite an area on Cumberland just north of where the beach bends around from the sound and heads down the channel toward the ocean and about a mile south of the huge marsh that comprises most of the south end of the island.
		The water in the sound meanwhile had turned to pure glass as there was not a breath of wind stirring.
		There were lots of Red Breasted Mergansers in the sound who unlike their smaller cousins were brave enough to let me follow them as they swam around the bay.
	www.paddlethetimucuan.com /journal_feb_06.htm (6758 words)

	St. Marys River Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The St. Marys begins deep within the Okefenokee Swamp and flows along a twisting 130-mile-long path into the Cumberland Sound and the Atlantic Ocean only 40 air-miles from its headwaters.
		In the middle portion, from Trader's Hill to the U.S. 17 bridge, the St. Marys becomes wider and is characterized by bottomland swamps and sandy bluffs.
		The lower portion of the river, from the U.S. 17 bridge to Cumberland Sound, is tidally influenced, with reverse flows occurring twice daily.
	sjr.state.fl.us /programs/outreach/pubs/smr_guide/smr_guide.html (1813 words)

	ExpeditionTrips.com: Trip Details Page
		As you turn the corner toward the commodious Cumberland Sound, enjoy an afternoon of cruising among the many islets of the Lemieux archipelago, where you may spot walrus, ringed seals, and narwhals, with their distinctive unicorn-like tusks.
		In this region sometimes called the Switzerland of the Arctic, the village of Pangnirtung is set amid the dramatic mountains of the Cumberland Peninsula, where glaciation has carved out deep valleys.
		In late afternoon you coast along the shoreline of east Cumberland Sound.
	www.expeditiontrips.com /search/trip.asp?tripid=1986 (1522 words)

	The Cumberland Highlanders
		Taking its brand of pure country music into the homes of nearly 30 million viewers, The Cumberland Highlanders' Show is America's first nationwide television show dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of one of the nation's unique art forms--traditional Kentucky Bluegrass Music.
		The dedication to preserving the traditional bluegrass sound prompted singer/songwriter/mandolin player Dr. Campbell Mercer to form the Cumberland Highlanders nearly a decade ago.
		The Cumberland Highlanders' Show also showcases regional greats from the Southern Highlands, and rising young talents who are carrying on the bluegrass tradition for future generations to enjoy!
	www.cumberlandhighlanders.com (190 words)

	Southern Environmental Law Center -- Cumberland Harbour (GA)
		A strike by such a relatively small boat is proof that the whales are vulnerable to recreational boaters, not just the largest ships.
		Putting this tiny population of remaining whales at even greater risk, the State just two weeks ago gave a permit to an Atlanta - based developer to construct the largest marina facility ever to be permitted on the Georgia coast directly across the Sound from Cumberland Island National Seashore.
		The proposed development, located less than 2 miles from the Cumberland Island National Seashore, provides habitat to a number of federally-protected and state-protected endangered and threatened species including manatees, five species of sea turtles, gopher tortoises, Eastern indigo snakes, and wood storks.
	www.southernenvironment.org /cases/cumberland_harbour/right_whales.htm (306 words)

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