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Cape San Blas has had four lighthouses. The first, built in 1847, collapsed during a gale on August 23–24 of 1851. Congress appropriated $12,000 for a second brick tower lighthouse for the cape which was finally finished in November 1855, but it was destroyed on August 30, 1856, when another hurricane struck Cape San Blas.
The first Cape San Blas Light was completed in 1849 with an appropriation of $8,000 made 2 years earlier. The shoals running out from the cape extended 3.5 or 4.3 nautical miles; 6.4 or 8.0 kilometres (4 or 5 mi) and made it dangerous for all vessels nearing the coast.
Cape San Blas Light. Port St. Joe is located in southern Gulf County at (29.807968, –85.297684), [8] within the Florida Panhandle and along the Emerald According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.1 square miles (31.3 km 2), of which 9.5 square miles (24.5 km 2) is land and 2.6 square miles (6.8 km 2), or 21.86%, is water.
St. Joseph Bay is bounded on the east by the mainland, on the south by Cape San Blas, and on the west by the St. Joseph Peninsula. The north end of the bay is a relatively narrow opening to the Gulf of Mexico. The bay is approximately 15 miles (24 km) long north to south and 6 miles (9.7 km) wide at its widest point.
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Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island 1838 1970 [2] Active Unknown 107 ft (33 m ... Cape San Blas Light: Cape San Blas 1848 (First) 1885 (Current) 1981 1996 ...
Cape Canaveral: 1 Brevard: 32920 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: 1 Brevard: 32920 Cape Coral: 1 Lee: 33904 Cape Haze: 1 Charlotte: 33946 Cape Sable: 1 Monroe Cape San Blas: 1 Gulf: Cape Vista: 1 Manatee: 33505 Capitola: 1 Leon: 32301 Capitol Hills: 1 Leon Capps: 1 Jefferson: 32336 Captiva: 1 Lee: 33924 Carbide: 1 Nassau Carbur: 1 Taylor ...
St. Joseph Bay is enclosed by St. Joseph Peninsula, which runs west some three miles (5 km) from the mainland to Cape San Blas, and then northerly 15 miles (24 km) to St. Joseph Point. An earlier light in the area was the St. Joseph Bay Light.