Pellicer Creek Explained

Pellicer Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Florida. It is a tributary to the Matanzas River,[1] and delineates the border between St. Johns and Flagler counties in the northeastern part of the state.[2] The creek begins as a blackwater stream in the swamps west of Interstate 95, and meanders eastward into the Matanzas River; it is part of Florida's Designated Paddling Trail System.[3]

Pellicer Creek was named after Francisco Pellicer, an early Spanish settler.[4] The waterway was formerly called Woodcutter's Creek, along which lumber and turpentine from a sawmill owned by British master carpenter John Hewitt were transported to the Matanzas River and then northward to St. Augustine.[5] In 1770, Hewitt had purchased 1,000 acres of land near the Kings' Road, where he built his water-driven mill,[6] in operation from 1770 to 1813.[7]

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29.6622°N -81.2319°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pellicer Creek Aquatic Preserve . Florida Department of Environmental Protection . 21 August 2020.
  2. Book: The Revised General Statutes of Florida: Prepared Under Authority of Chapter 6930, Acts 1915, Chapter 7347, Acts 1917, and Chapter 7838, Acts 1919, Laws of Florida . 1920 . E. O. Painter Printing Company . 298–299 .
  3. Book: Kumiski . John . Fishing Florida by Paddle: An Angler's Guide . 2019 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-1-4671-4063-8 . 108 .
  4. Web site: History . Florida State Parks . 21 August 2020.
  5. Book: Alderson . Doug . Florida's Rivers: A Celebration of Over 40 of the Sunshine State's Dynamic Waterways . 2021 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-68334-262-5 . 123 .
  6. News: Anderson . Danielle . Lumber for loyalists Officials rededicate pre-Revolutionary War sawmill site . Daytona Beach News-Journal Online . 3 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220225235548/https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/flagler/2019/07/03/lumber-for-loyalists-flagler-st-johns-officials-rededicate-pre-revolutionary-war-sawmill-site/4776552007/ . 25 February 2022.
  7. Web site: Staff . Florida Agricultural Museum, Palm Coast, Florida at MuseumsUSA.org . www.museumsusa.org . 11 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201028022817/https://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/166 . 28 October 2020 . 15 August 2017.

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