by DrakesIs1 | Jul 26, 2022 | History
An interesting article in the history of Drake’s Island appeared in the news back in 1848 about the Artillery nearly hitting civilian boats during live fire practice in the Sound. Target Buoys were towed out from the Island to the East of the Island and were...
by DrakesIs1 | Jun 7, 2022 | History, Island Tours, Kids, Nature & Wildlife
The month of May was a busy one on the island, with the guided tours now in full flow, so much so that you will see that we have added a second daily tour to our timetable for the summer months. The weather has been kind to us, never more so than on Pirates Weekend,...
by DrakesIs1 | May 13, 2022 | Events, History, Island Tours, Kids, Nature & Wildlife
With the island now open again for the summer season, the tours up and running and our new ferry partners providing an excellent service for both our visitors and our team, what better time to run through all of the opportunities that we offer on Drake’s Island....
by DrakesIs1 | May 26, 2021 | History
We have some old charts dating back to around 1600 and the first Tudor fortifications on the Island then known as St Nicholas Island. They were probably drawn up by Federico Genebelli, Queen Elizabeth I Engineer as he completed the defences on the Island. Bob King,...
by DrakesIs1 | May 18, 2021 | History
That, in 1971 JFK Jr, the son of Jackie and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the US President who was assassinated in 1963, stayed on the island for 2 weeks with his cousin?Jackie wanted his time on the Island to be as normal as possible. The Secret Service, who still...
