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Amelia Island was the main filming location for the 2002 John Sayles-directed film Sunshine State. The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking was also filmed there in 1988. [55] Amelia Island hosted a Women's Tennis Association tournament for 28 years (1980 to 2008).
Fernandina Beach is a city in northeastern Florida and the county seat of Nassau County, Florida, United States.It is the northernmost city on Florida's Atlantic coast, situated on Amelia Island, and is one of the municipalities comprising Greater Jacksonville (formally the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area).
Allison Island: Miami-Dade: Amelia Island: 18 square miles (47 km 2) [2] Nassau: One of the Sea Islands: Anastasia Island: 14 square miles (36 km 2) [3] St. Johns: Barrier island Anna Maria Island: 7 square miles (18 km 2) Manatee: Barrier island Archer Key: 24.7 ha; 61.1 acres Monroe: One of the Mule Keys in the lower Florida Keys: Arsenicker ...
Amelia Island State Recreation Area is a state park in Florida, United States. Its location is 7 miles (11 km) north of Little Talbot Island State Park on SR A1A , and 8 miles (13 km) south of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island along the Atlantic coastal plain .
American Beach was co-founded in 1935 by Florida's first black millionaire, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, and his Afro-American Life Insurance Company. [5] A. L. Lewis was one of the original founders of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in 1901; with little education he became a world traveler, investor, philanthropist, and the first African-American millionaire in the state of Florida.
Amelia Island, Florida. Northeast Florida at its finest. ... With locations in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown, it offers cod and chips, cod tacos, and cod sammies. Yum! For more information, visit mvy.com.
Amelia Island, Florida. Amelia Island, the southernmost of the Sea Islands, has a history of Spanish, French, British, and American rule—and a touch of each in its surroundings. VISIT.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans on what is now Amelia Island, the Old Town site was home to Native Americans. The French, English, and Spanish all maintained a presence on Amelia Island at various times during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, but the Spanish established Fernandina. Old Town, the original location of the town of Fernandina ...