Pennekamp's rich history celebrated as park turns 60 | Local News
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first undersea park in the United States, has become a national treasure, eliciting images of the Christ of the Deep statue submerged in cerulean blue waters teeming with majestic fish. Equally as beautiful, but often overlooked, is the history of the Key Largo park and how it was created 60 years ago and what it has evolved into today. The park was largely conceived after Key Largo and its waters were carved out of the original plans for Everglades National Park due to opposition from Monroe County officials. Ten years after the national park was fou...
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