One of the Carolina Sea Islands, Harbor Island  is a tiny private resort island about 14 miles from Beaufort. Most of the island is covered in tidal marsh, but about 800 acres of land on the northeast end of the island are upland. The island was an uninhabited hunting ground until the late 1930s. With the construction of the swing drawbridge across the Harbor River, which connected Harbor Island with Saint Helena Island, development began slowly until the Fripp company turned the island into a gated resort and residential community. The island is famous for the massive sand dunes covered in coastal grasses and sea oats as well as its 3 miles of pristine sandy beaches. Harbor Island is part of the important bird area of the Beaufort Barrier Islands.

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