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| '''Scout Key''' is an ] in the lower ] |
'''Scout Key''' is an ] in the lower ]. It was previously known as '''West Summerland Key''' until 2010. | ||
| The Key was renamed to reflect the two adjoining ] on it, ] Camp Sawyer and ] Camp Wesumkee. ] is the site of the ], an annual gathering of amateur ]s. The name change also removed some confusion about its location – despite its name, the formerly-named West Summerland Key is actually about 10 miles ''east'' of ]. | The Key was renamed to reflect the two adjoining ] on it, ] Camp Sawyer and ] Camp Wesumkee. ] is the site of the ], an annual gathering of amateur ]s. The name change also removed some confusion about its location – despite its name, the formerly-named West Summerland Key is actually about 10 miles ''east'' of ]. | ||
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Scout Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. It was previously known as West Summerland Key until 2010.
The Key was renamed to reflect the two adjoining scout camps on it, Boy Scout Camp Sawyer and Girl Scout Camp Wesumkee. Camp Wesumkee is the site of the Winter Star Party, an annual gathering of amateur astronomers. The name change also removed some confusion about its location – despite its name, the formerly-named West Summerland Key is actually about 10 miles east of Summerland Key.
U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 34—35, between Spanish Harbor Key and Big Pine Key.
Originally, there were three keys at this location. They were connected by fills at the time the Overseas Railroad was built. The keys were West Summerland Key (westernmost), Middle Summerland Key (center), and no name is known for the easternmost key. West Summerland retained its name, but the other two are known simply as the Spanish Harbor Keys; named for the anchorage located between this key and Big Pine Key. Interesting features of this key include indian mounds, and storage buildings still standing from the Flagler railway construction era.
Its ecology has suffered recent hurricane damage. The swim platform at Camp Sawyer which was rebuilt after a 2004 storm became, in turn, scrap lumber in 2005. The storm surges came in from the east and eliminated many more trees on the Camp Wesumkee side of the Key than at Camp Sawyer, which still had many fifty-year-old buttonwood trees taken out.
24°38′59″N 81°18′39″W / 24.649855°N 81.310887°W / 24.649855; -81.310887
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