Fernandina Beach has its old-fashioned Main Street called Centre. The downtown historic district adds regal crown to this “Isle of Eight Flags,” named after princess Amelia of England.
Author: The Editor
"PERSPECTIVE" column features observations of island life, news & opinion by managing editor, Wendy Lawson. With a professional background that began at a newspaper, she later spent 14 years in the financial services and real estate industries. She was a managing editor at an equity research and publishing firm in New York and later became Series 7 licensed while at Merrill Lynch. Since 1993, she's enjoyed the laid-back Amelia lifestyle and loves photographing coastal nature and seascapes around the Florida-Georgia border.
Seeing a bald eagle in the wild is memorable. It’s possible to glimpse these magnificent birds around Amelia Island, Florida.
Amelia Island after Hurricane Matthew, a look around this barrier island.
Take a look at barrier island blooms of the dunes and Greenway on Amelia Island, Florida. In the coastal South, summertime wildflowers dot the seascape adding pops of color in natural areas.