The Land Report

Spring 2017

The Magazine of the American Landowner is an essential guide for investors, landowners, and those interested in buying or selling land. The award-winning quarterly is known for its annual survey of America's largest landowners, The Land Report 100.

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S P R I N G 2 0 1 7 | The LandReport 59 LANDREPORT.COM F or Sidney Hawkes, an executive with Mead Corporation until his retirement in 1996, the perfect way to end the day at Cabin Bluff Sporting Plantation was on the long wooden dock that pokes out into the Intracoastal Waterway. Looking out on tranquil waters that lap ashore on Cumberland Island, he'd gingerly cast a line. Rod in hand and weary from the day's hunts, Hawkes would revel in the sunset vista. Decades later, it remains etched in his mind's eye. "After dinner, I would be ready to go to bed. But I had to go out on the dock first," Hawkes says. "There were sea trout you could catch and leave in the box, and when you came into the dining room in the morning, they'd be cleaned and cooked for you for breakfast." That's how they do it at Cabin Bluff. For the next owner of Cabin Bluff, the $64,000 question will be whether to continue its matchless legacy or harness its resources on an even greater scale. Te xt by Corinne Garcia Cabin Bluff's historic timber-framed dock and pavilion can easily accommodate up to eight powerboats. Vessels up to 120 feet long can moor to the main dock.

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