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Dog Island is located in the northwestern Florida Gulf coast, just 3.5 mi (5.6 km) off-shore from Carrabelle, in Franklin County, Florida. There is, by reservation, ferry transportation to Dog Island on weekends. [1] There are no stores, restaurants, or public restrooms on Dog Island. A hotel, the Pelican Inn, closed in 2016.
Several lighthouses called Dog Island Light were constructed on the western tip of Dog Island south of Carrabelle, Florida. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They marked the "middle entrance to St. George's Sound," between St. George and Dog Islands, during the nineteenth century, until its collapse by a hurricane in 1873.
Richard W. Ervin, Jr. (1905–2004), born in Carrabelle, was the Florida Attorney General from 1949 to 1964, and he served as chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1969 to 1971 [14] Caroline Hall , after whom the town was named and who served as the town's first postmistress, was one of the eight founders of The Grange .
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The Crooked River Light, also known as the Carrabelle Light, was built in 1895 to replace the Dog Island Light on Dog Island, which had been destroyed in 1875 by a hurricane. The location on the mainland allowed the light to serve as the rear range light for the channel to the west of Dog Island, used by ships in the lumber trade.
A Russian barque that was wrecked in a hurricane and beached on Dog Island. [citation needed] Le Tigre: 16 February 1766 A merchant vessel that was stranded on Dog Island during a hurricane. [citation needed] Mary E. Morse United States: 1 August 1899 An American schooner was wrecked in a hurricane and beached on Dog Island. [citation needed ...
Kitsissuarsuit, Greenland, formerly known as "Dog's Island" Isle of Dogs (disambiguation) Canary Islands , known in its native Spanish as Islas Canarias , which ultimately derives from its Latin name Canariae Insulae meaning Islands of the Dogs.
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