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Key Largo's Pennkamp Park celebrates 49th anniversary today

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Florida Keys Travel Examiner

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo celebrates its 49th anniversary today, Dec. 10, 2009. America's first undersea park at mile marker 102.5 oceanside offers a visitors center with aquariums and introductory film, glass bottom boat and snorkel and dive tours, a sandy beach, nature trails and camping.

"Pennekamp is the shining jewel in Key Largo's crown and is a major attraction for our area" said Key Largo Chamber of Commerce President Jackie Harder. It has about one million visitors a year, which is about 30 percent of all people who come to the Keys. That is huge!"

Park Chief Pat Wells is making plans for a grand week-long 50th anniversary celebration in December 2010.

For more information, visit www.pennekamppark.com, www.fla-keys.com or call 305-451-6300.

 

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, Florida Keys Travel Examiner

Jill Zima Borski is a long-time freelance writer who serves on the board of directors of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association. She has lived in Islamorada in the Florida Keys for nearly 16 years. In addition to Examiner, she is working on an autobiography and hopes it is the next "Eat, Pray,...

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