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The island is said to be named for large flocks of white-crowned pigeons (Columba leucocephala Linnaeus) which once roosted there. [3] During the building of Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad Key West Extension, a major construction depot was located there, the jumping off point for construction of the Seven Mile Bridge .
Pigeon Key is a small island containing the historic district of Pigeon Key, Florida. The 5-acre (2.0-hectare) island is home to 8 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, some of which remain from its earliest incarnation as a work camp for the Florida East Coast Railway. Today these buildings serve a variety of purposes, ranging ...
Pigeon Island consists of two islands; large pigeon island and small pigeon island. The large pigeon island is fringed by a coral reef, and is about 200 m long and 100 m wide. Its highest point is 44.8 m above mean sea level. [4] The small pigeon island is surrounded by rocky islets. The national park is situated within the dry zone of
Pigeon Island (North Queensland), Australia; Pigeon Island (Lake Ontario), Canada; Pigeon Island, near Horse Chops Island, Labrador, Canada; Pigeon Island (Grenadines) Pigeon Island (New Zealand) Pigeon Island (Saint Lucia) Pigeon Island (Solomon Islands) Pigeon Island National Park, Sri Lanka; Güvercinada, Turkey; Isla de Las Palomas, Spain ...
Pigeon Island is a 44-acre (180,000 m 2) islet located in Gros Islet in the northern region of Saint Lucia. Once isolated from the country in the Caribbean Sea , the island was artificially joined to the western coast of mainland in 1972 by a man-made causeway built from dirt excavated to form the Rodney Bay Marina.
Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, [2] [3] covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) and made with over 16 million bricks. [4] Among United States forts, only Fort Monroe in Virginia and Fort Adams in Rhode Island are
Lignumvitae Key is an island in the upper Florida Keys.. It is located due north of, and less than one mile from the easternmost tip of Lower Matecumbe Key.The island has been designated a National Natural Landmark, and an Archeological and Historical District, and is part of the Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park and the Lignumvitae Key Aquatic Preserve.
Pigeon Island. The Arawak and Carib artifacts found in Gros Islet District date back to around 1000 A.D. [3] The pirate François Le Clerc, nicknamed Jambe de Bois because of his wooden leg, used Pigeon Island as a base to attack Spanish ships in the 1550s. Peg-Leg Le Clerc was originally from Normandy and the first European to settle Saint ...