Everything about St Vincent Island Florida totally explained
St. Vincent Island is the western-most of 4
barrier islands in the northwestern
Florida Gulf coast which include
Cape St. George Island,
St. George Island and
Dog Island.
St. Vincent Island is located just offshore in
Franklin County, Florida south southeast of
Cape San Blas and north of
Cape St. George Island close to the mouth of the
Apalachicola River and the town of
Apalachicola on the
Florida Panhandle.
History
St. Vincent was inhabited as far back as 240 A.D. In
1633,
Franciscan Friars named the island while visiting
Apalachee tribes in the area.
In
1750 Creek indians and
Seminoles, offshoots of the Creek nation, entered area and inhabited the island.
In
1868 George Hatch bought the island.
In
1908, a Dr. Pierce imported Old World game animals to the island. In
1920 the island was use to graze beef cattle sold to
Apalachicola markets.
In
1940, the first oyster lease was granted. The Pierce Estate sold first pine saw timber. St. Joe lumber Company built a temporary bridge to island for timber removal.
In
1948, the Loomis brothers bought the island and imported
zebras,
elands,
black buck,
ring-necked pheasants, Asian jungle fowl,
bobwhite quail, and semi-wild
turkeys.
In
1968 St Vincent was purchased by
Nature Conservancy for $2.2 million.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service repaid the Conservancy with money from Duck Stamp sales and established the island as St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge.
Geography
The island is made up ridges and swales of sand dominated by
live oak and other hardwoods. The oldest sand ridge is about 3000 years old. The island also has tidal marshes, 18 sq. miles (49 km²) of freshwater lakes and streams.
Wildlife
St. Vincent is home to numerous shore birds, an abundance of
alligators, nesting
ospreys and
bald eagles,
Peregrine falcons,
wood storks
Sambar deer (native to Southeast Asia) and the native
white-tailed deer. The island is also a haven for
endangered species such as
Loggerhead sea turtles,
indigo snakes,
gopher tortoises and the
red wolf.
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