Upper Arsnicker Keys

Earlier name:

Coopers Island

Narrower Terms:

Center Key

Scope Note:

 

The name Arsnicker is said to be a corruption of the Bahamian name for the Great Blue Heron - "Marsh Sneaker". Visited by C.W. Pierce in his boat Bonton in 1885.

Geographic Location:

 

Located in Florida Bay, seven miles due north of the western end of Long Key (I).

References:

 

The chart of William DeBrahm (1772) shows Coopers Islands for these keys. U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey chart #1250 (1940) shows Upper Arsnicker Keys.

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