Near Flagler Beach in Flagler County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Boat Slips
Photographed By James Hulse, January 21, 2022
1. Boat Slips Marker
Inscription.
Boat Slips. . When the Bulow Plantation was active, these boat slips harbored both work and pleasure crafts. The slips have, fortunately, survived time because John Bulow reinforced the embankments with ale and wine bottles which were discarded from house parties. Bulow's flats, or barges, hauled the plantation's produce, particularly sugar, mollasses, and cotton down the creek to the Halifax river, and then south to Mosquito Inlet (now Ponce Inlet), where it was carried by schooners to east coast and Caribbean ports. Canoes and skiffs were also outfitted here for hunting and fishing trips. John Audubon, famous naturalist and guest at the Bulow Plantation in 1831, embarked here, with his host, on an expedition in search of new Florida birds.
When the Bulow Plantation was active, these boat slips harbored both work and pleasure crafts. The slips have, fortunately, survived time because John Bulow reinforced the embankments with ale and wine bottles which were discarded from house parties. Bulow's flats, or barges, hauled the plantation's produce, particularly sugar, mollasses, and cotton down the creek to the Halifax river, and then south to Mosquito Inlet (now Ponce Inlet), where it was carried by schooners to east coast and Caribbean ports. Canoes and skiffs were also outfitted here for hunting and fishing trips. John Audubon, famous naturalist and guest at the Bulow Plantation in 1831, embarked here, with his host, on an expedition in search of new Florida birds.
Erected by Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park.
Location. 29° 26.063′ N, 81° 8.226′ W. Marker is near Flagler Beach, Florida, in Flagler County. Marker can be reached from Bulow Plantation Ruins, one mile east of Old Kings Road. The marker is located at the east section of the Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State
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Park at the boat launch. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3501 Old Kings Road, Flagler Beach FL 32136, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Monument to the Rise and Fall of Sugar Plantations in East Florida. Source: Florida State Park
(Submitted on February 6, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
Photographed By James Hulse, January 21, 2022
2. Boat Slips Marker
Photographed By James Hulse, January 21, 2022
3. The Boat Slips are visible from behind the marker
Photographed By James Hulse, January 21, 2022
4. A view of one of the Boat Slips
Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 6, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 6, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.