Moored In The Inlet
by D Hackett
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Moored In The Inlet
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D Hackett
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Photograph - Digital
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Moored In The Inlet by D Hackett
Matanzas Bay
Matanzas Bay is a saltwater bay in St. Johns County, Florida, the entrance to the bay from the South Atlantic is via St. Augustine inlet. Bodies of water that connect to the bay in addition to the South Atlantic are clockwise from the inlet; Salt Run: an inlet of Anastasia Island creating a peninsula of the eastern portion of Anastasia State Park.
Matanzas River: a tidal channel; part of the Intracoastal Waterway which flows in an easterly direction then south for approximately 15 miles, separating Anastasia Island from the mainland. Another tidal channel the San Sebastian River flows westerly from the Matanzas River creating a peninsula of the original Spanish era section of St. Augustine.
Beautiful views of the Matanzas Bay show you why St. Augustine was considered such a strategic location. Matanzas means killing or slaughter in Spanish. Matanzas Bay is named for the massacre of shipwrecked French Huguenots led by Jean Ribault from nearby Fort Caroline (located north of St. Augustine in Jacksonville), the first French colony in the present day United States. Ribault's fleet shipwrecked about 14 miles south of St. Augustine. Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (the founder of St. Augustine) was ordered by the Spanish Crown to execute any Protestants found in the New World. In all, 111 Frenchman were killed. 16 survived as they professed their Catholism or were needed as artisans in St. Augustine. Two weeks later, another massacre of more French shipwreck survivors occurred with 134 being killed including Jean Ribault.
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