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Tour boat "Discovery" at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo.

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Image Number

K026890

Date Note

Photographed in March 1991.

Collection

Department of Commerce collection
, Series 1047, Box 6, Folder 27

Geographic Term

Key Largo (Fla.)
Monroe County (Fla.)
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (Fla.)

Subject Term

Corporate Subject

Discovery (Tour boat)

Additional Creator

Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Additional Creator

Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

General Note

The park is located on U.S. Highway 1 three miles north of Key Largo at mile marker 102.5. The Florida Park Service first acquired the park property in 1959. This was the nation's first underwater park. It was named for Miami Herald newspaper editor John D. Pennekamp whose efforts contributed to the establishment of Everglades National Park as well as preservation of the area that would become the park named for him.

Tour boat "Discovery" at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo.

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Tour boat "Discovery" at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318461>, accessed 31 January 2023.

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Tour boat "Discovery" at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 31 Jan. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318461>

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Tour boat "Discovery" at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo.