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Upper Arsnicker Keys
Geographic Location
Located in Florida Bay, seven miles due north of
the western end of Long Key (I).
Reference
The chart of William DeBrahm (1772) shows Coopers
Islands for these keys.
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey chart #1250 (1940)
shows Upper Arsnicker Keys.
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.
Historical name
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