PC Beach Shell Island Express Ferries
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Let our large Express Ferry take your family from the Grand Lagoon (don’t forget to check out the nesting osprey’s on the way), through St. Andrew’s Bay over to the dock at legendary Spanish Shanty Cove on Shell Island. This 7-1/2 mile long, 1/2 mile wide stretch of sand is a barrier island sitting at the mouth of St. Andrew’s Bay. Written records of early Spanish expeditions reported sightings of “tall” Indians living in lodges thatched with palm trees along many magnificent harbors and deep pockets customary to this area. The Spanish explorers built several forts and outposts along the Gulf Coast…..one was in a sheltered shallow-water cove on Shell Island, still known as Spanish Shanty Cove.