wilmington, river, georgia, wilmington, river, mile, long, tidal, river, state, georgia, originally, called, augustine, creek, creek, same, name, exists, northwest, downtown, savannah, wilmington, riverthe, wilmington, river, wilmington, island, seen, from, sk. The Wilmington River is a 17 3 mile long 27 8 km 1 tidal river in the U S state of Georgia It was originally called St Augustine s Creek 2 A creek of the same name exists to the northwest of downtown Savannah Wilmington RiverThe Wilmington River Wilmington Island is seen from Skidaway IslandLocation of mouthLocationCountryUnited StatesStateGeorgiaPhysical characteristicsSource locationGeorgiaMouth coordinates31 55 16 N 80 56 15 W 31 92105 N 80 93761 W 31 92105 80 93761 elevation0 ft 0 m The Wilmington River flows through Chatham County along the east side of the cities of Savannah and Thunderbolt Georgia At its north end it connects with the Savannah River then travels southwest past Savannah then turns southeast and ends in Wassaw Sound an arm of the Atlantic Ocean South of Savannah it passes between several islands including Whitemarsh Island Wilmington Island and Cabbage Island to the east and Dutch Island Skidaway Island and Wassaw Island to the west and south See also EditList of rivers of Georgia Wilmington Island GeorgiaReferences Edit U S Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset high resolution flowline data The National Map accessed April 26 2011 BONAVENTURE A HISTORICAL SKETCH Telfair org July 27 2018 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Wilmington River USGS Hydrologic Unit Map State of Georgia 1974 This article related to a river in the US state of Georgia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wilmington River Georgia amp oldid 1033497640, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
