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  2. Pensacola Bay - Wikipedia

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    The Pensacola Bay estuarine system, which also includes Escambia Bay, Blackwater Bay, East Bay, Santa Rosa Sound, and the Escambia, Blackwater, Yellow, and East Bay rivers, is 144 square miles, and it is the fourth largest estuarine system in Florida. [1] Pensacola Bay is formed and protected by Fairpoint Peninsula and the barrier island of ...

  3. Gulf Breeze, Florida - Wikipedia

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    The swing bridge was replaced by a concrete toll bridge in 1946, which was converted into Bob Sikes fishing pier in 1973. The name Gulf Breeze comes from the Gulf Breeze Cottages and Store, where the area's first post office was established in 1936. The city was incorporated on August 10, 1961 as a result of the expansion of Pensacola Bay ...

  4. Perdido Key - Wikipedia

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    The site of the original Fort McRee, built in 1830 on the eastern end of Perdido Key (then known as Foster's Bank), was in the channel in the middle of Pensacola Pass by 1979. Pensacola Pass has been dredged since 1883 to maintain a channel into Pensacola Bay for United States Navy and other ships.

  5. Pensacola Beach, Florida - Wikipedia

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    ZIP code: 32561. Area code: 850: Website ... He anchored in Pensacola Bay for the winter of 1539–1540. [5] [6] ... In addition, some attend Pensacola-area magnet ...

  6. Santa Rosa County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Santa Rosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida.As of 2020, the population was 188,000. The county seat is Milton, which lies in the geographic center of the county.

  7. Pensacola Pass - Wikipedia

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    Pensacola Pass is an inlet between the barrier islands of Santa Rosa Island and Perdido Key connecting the Gulf to Pensacola Bay. Ships and boats use this passage to travel between the two. During the daily flood tide, fresh saltwater enters Pensacola Pass from the Gulf of Mexico; waters are pulled out on the ebb tide, flushing the bay. The ...

  8. Port of Pensacola - Wikipedia

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    The present-day Port of Pensacola occupies approximately 50 acres of landfill at the southern terminus of Barracks Street in downtown Pensacola, on the site of the former Commendencia Street and Tarragona Street wharves. The Port has eight 33' deep draft berths, 265,000 square feet of warehouse space, and on-dock rail service.

  9. Big Lagoon State Park - Wikipedia

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    First acquired in 1977, Big Lagoon State Park is a 705-acre (2.85 km 2) Florida State Park located on the northwestern Florida coast, approximately 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Pensacola on Gulf Beach Highway. It encompasses the northern boundary of Big Lagoon as it snakes toward Pensacola Bay to the east. Wild Grande Lagoon and its minor ...