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Fishcamp on 11th Street
Look out over the docks and breathe in the history of Port Royal, a rich story of shrimp boats, family tradition, and the tides of changing industries. The Port of Port Royal and the 11th Street Docks hold a vast and varied background that has encompassed everything from railroads to military battles, and oystering to the legendary shrimping industry. To this day, these docks provide a safe port for local shrimpers and swordfish boat captains. As you can see before you, the shrimping fleet has become a small group of men and women dedicated to their craft, who are willing to handle the challenges of this way of life and we're proud to support them.
Today we keep the tradition alive at Fishcamp on 11th Street, offering local seafood and great service. So please, sit back, relax, and enjoy the incredible Lowcountry way of life.
Fishcamp on Broad Creek
Until the late 1920's sailboats were the primary means of transportation to and from the Island. Mr. Simmons piloted sailboats, then bought the first locally owned motorboat. That boat meant that Islanders could make three trips to Savannah each week, rather than one. "Cap'n Charlie" spent the greater part of his life on the sea transporting goods and people to and from Hilton Head before a bridge connected the island to the mainland in 1956. He would bring butter beans, watermelons, shrimp, oysters, crabs, cows, and chickens to the market in Savannah. He also transported students to school and midwives to bedsides. Much of what the Native Islanders needed that they did not grow, they could purchase in one of the two general stores that Mr. Simmons owned, including kerosene for lamps before electricity. When Islanders asked for an item he didn't have, he'd have it the next day.