Hunting Island State Park is closed for the remainder of 2016, according to the South Carolina State Parks.
A post on their website and Facebook said the park suffered the some of the worst damage out of the 14 state parks that are currently closed in Hurricane Matthew’s aftermath.
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South Carolina State Parks wrote in a Facebook post that it will take months of work before the park will be open again and all reservations are canceled and refunded through December 2016.
A representative with the State Parks reservation office said there is not an opening date for the park at this time.
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The Harbor River Bridge, which connects Hunting Island and Harbor Island, sustained damage from a wash out during Hurricane Matthew. The state Department of Transportation is currently working on repairs.
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High tides and possibly storm surge from distant Hurricane Joaquin wreaked havoc on areas of Hunting Island. These images shared by reader Mike McHale show sand and debris in the south parking lots. McHale said even the restrooms had a foot of sand in them.
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A barrier on Sea Island Parkway, near the Harbor River bridge, keeps motorists from Harbor, Hunting and Fripp islands in northern Beaufort County in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.
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