Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | E of Sebastian in the Indian River, Sebastian, FL |
| County | Indian River County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Listed for | Conservation |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 66000265 |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Ramsar site |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | E of Sebastian in the Indian River, Sebastian, FL |
| Coordinates | 27.8100° N, 80.4411° W · Directions ↗ |
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Map
Nearby in Indian River County
Public land around it
| Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Inside the boundary5,423 acres |
| Pelican Island Wilderness ↗Wilderness, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 1 mile away5 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Local history books for Indian River County
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Guidebooks to historic places in Florida
- Florida's Museums and Cultural AttractionsMurray D. Laurie and Doris Bardon, 2016Find at Bookshop.org
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.
Reference
Questions people ask
When was Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge listed on the National Register?
Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Where is Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge?
E of Sebastian in the Indian River, Sebastian, Indian River County, Florida.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000265. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.