Canaveral National Seashore

Canaveral National Seashore is located on a barrier island off the east coast of Florida that features unspoiled beaches and over 100 middens—heaps of shells, broken pottery, and discarded arrowheads left by the Timucuan Indians who were the area's first known inhabitants. The park also features remnants of a deserted Florida town. The Eldora Statehouse has been converted to a museum to tell the story of the land speculators who settled on Mosquito Lagoon after the Civil War. Eldora was abandoned after a freeze killed off the citrus crops. The launch pads of Kennedy Space center can be seen across the lagoon, marking another boom era in Florida's history.

—B. Stanton, NPCA

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State:

Florida

Acreage:

57,661.69

Category:

National Seashore

Established:

10/18/1968

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Anonymous

September 8, 2013

First time to the park on Sat 09-07-2013 and was very disgusted. My wife and I went to the end at parking area 5 and while standing on the walkway a man came walking up the beach nude. When we asked the park rangers about this they advised there was nothing they could do about it, as there was no state law against it. I am a retired police officer from Jacksonville, Fl and work vice and organized crime for years. I suggest they look at florida Statute 800.03. Unless the area is set apart for nudity you can not walk around with your sexual organs exposed. If the park is not going to enforce this law they should post signs and at least warn people about this practice. We observed other families in the area with children and one should be exposed to this without prior knowledge. If post people could at least make a choice as to weather or not they want to go to this area and run the risk of being exposed to this behavior. I fully intend to pursue this and contact state law makers, local law enforcement, the Nation Park Service Administration in reference to this incident.

Adrian

February 2, 2013

We (the family) have visited the Park: Canaveral National Seashore. We understand that the first reason that manatees are killed are caused by boats propelers. We understand that the area (Turtle Mound and Mosquito Lagoon) is protected. We do not understand, however, why there were so many speed boats running crazy over the lagoon. The private small planes flying above, add to the noise created already by the boats engines. Along the lagoon edges, we collected in just 10 minutes a whole big bag with human made trash: beer bottles, cigarette butts, baby pampers, plastics, etc. I am compasionate and I feel sorry for the defendless marine creatures. I am afraid that, for my grandkids, all these wonders will be just a memory - in the science books.

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