Okefenokee Swamp named World Heritage site

Start of Suwannee River among top natural wonders.

  • The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, the swamp in South Georgia and North Florida that spawns the Suwannee River, has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Larry Woodward/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
    The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, the swamp in South Georgia and North Florida that spawns the Suwannee River, has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Larry Woodward/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

    By ROSS WILLIAMS

    Georgia Recorder

    The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is now a World Heritage site. 

    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage committ…