Guale
The Georgia coast surrounding New Hope was named "Guale", (pronounced wally) after the Spanish name for the Indians who inhabited the area. Guale combines the beauty of the Golden Isles and the large expanses of the estuarial marshes with the ambience of a subtropical climate.
The beauty of the area has been celebrated by many writers throughout history and is perhaps best summarized in the words of one of its early English explorers.
"The air is found so temperate, and the seasons of theyear so very regular that there is no excess of heat or cold, nor any sudden alterations in the weather. The river banks are covered with a strange variety of lovey trees, which being always green, present a thousand landskips to the eye so fine, and so divers)fied that the sight is entirey charmed with them...
It is the most amiable country of the universe. "Sir Robert Montgomery