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SebastianInletStatePark
Indian River shore of Sebastian Inlet State Park , Florida. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Indian River shore of Sebastian Inlet State Park , Florida
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Sebastian Inlet
How work, access and surfing shaped Sebastian Inlet.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Sebastian Inlet, located in Sebastian Inlet State Park in Brevard County, Florida and Indian River County, Florida, offers surfing and fishing opportunities.
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1918
Work at the water’s edge
An article that appeared in the May 1, 1918 issue of the Melbourne Times named the "officers of the Sebastian Inlet Association : President, R.O.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
Cattlemen on the mainland nearby also shared a fear that their fresh water wells would be ruined, but the most powerful opponent to the opening was by far Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Rail Road that feared salt water in the lagoon would mean teredoes in the pilings of their rail road trestles that crossed the areas fresh water rivers.
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View of boys in the surf at Sebastian Inlet State Park- Melbourne Beach, Florida
View of boys in the surf at Sebastian Inlet State Park- Melbourne Beach, Florida. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- View of boys in the surf at Sebastian Inlet State Park- Melbourne Beach, Florida
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
The engineered inlet changed the movement of sand and water along this coast.
Surfing gathered around the resulting break, followed by recurring amateur and professional contests.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Sebastian Inlet is recorded at 27.861° N, 80.449° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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SebastianInletStatePark
Indian River shore of Sebastian Inlet State Park , Florida. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Indian River shore of Sebastian Inlet State Park , Florida
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Sebastian Inlet now
Sebastian Inlet remains a state park, fishing passage and competition surf break rather than a beach built for one use.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
SebastianInletStatePark
AOD.US.SEBASTIAN-INLET.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
View of boys in the surf at Sebastian Inlet State Park- Melbourne Beach, Florida
AOD.US.SEBASTIAN-INLET.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Sebastian Inlet overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.