Altamaha River, Darien

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Darien is a coastal tidewater town about sixty miles south of Savannah, located at the mouth of the Altamaha River. The port town's origins can be traced to the earliest years of colonial Georgia.

Courtesy of Explore Georgia, Photograph by Ralph Daniel.

Altamaha River, Darien

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