Troy Spring State Park
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Troy Spring State Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Lafayette and Suwannee counties, Florida, United States |
Nearest city | Branford, Florida |
Coordinates | 30°0′21″N 82°59′49″W / 30.00583°N 82.99694°W |
Governing body | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Troy Spring State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately six miles north of Branford, off US 27. It contains one of the state's 33 first magnitude springs.
At the bottom of the Troy Spring is the sunken Confederate sidewheel paddle steamer Madison, which had been owned and captained by James Felix Tucker. Tucker scuttled Madison in September 1863 to prevent her from falling into Union hands during the American Civil War.[1][2][3]
Gallery
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Visitor center
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Ranger station
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Springs area
References
- ^ "The Madison :Scuttled in Troy Spring Run". Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ "Troy Springs on the Historic Suwannee River". Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6, p. 42.
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