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The St. Lucie Inlet, Florida is located between Hutchinson Island
Hutchinson Island

Hutchinson Island is a barrier island on the coast of Martin County, Florida and St. Lucie County, Florida counties, Florida. The southern one-third of Hutchinson Island is in Martin County while the northern two-thirds is in St....
 and Jupiter Island
Jupiter Island

Jupiter Island is a barrier island on the coast of Martin County, Floridaand Palm Beach County, Florida counties, Florida. It is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the St....
 in Martin County, Florida
Martin County, Florida

Martin County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 126,731. The United States Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 139,728 ....
, at coordinates . The St. Lucie Inlet is one of six inlets into the Indian River Lagoon
Indian River Lagoon

The Indian River Lagoon is a series of lagoons and inlets making up a portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in the U.S. state of Florida....
.

The St. Lucie Inlet appeared on maps in 1500 and 1683. It was the site of the Ais
Ais (tribe)

The Ais, or Ays were a tribe of Native Americans in the United States who inhabited the Atlantic Coast of Florida. They ranged from present day Cape Canaveral to the St....
 town of Santa Lucea, which Jonathan Dickinson
Jonathan Dickinson

Jonathan Dickinson , was a Quaker merchant from Port Royal, Jamaica who was shipwrecked on the southeast coast of Florida in 1696, along with his family and the other passengers and crew members of the ship....
's party passed through in 1696.






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The St. Lucie Inlet, Florida is located between Hutchinson Island
Hutchinson Island

Hutchinson Island is a barrier island on the coast of Martin County, Florida and St. Lucie County, Florida counties, Florida. The southern one-third of Hutchinson Island is in Martin County while the northern two-thirds is in St....
 and Jupiter Island
Jupiter Island

Jupiter Island is a barrier island on the coast of Martin County, Floridaand Palm Beach County, Florida counties, Florida. It is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the St....
 in Martin County, Florida
Martin County, Florida

Martin County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 126,731. The United States Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 139,728 ....
, at coordinates . The St. Lucie Inlet is one of six inlets into the Indian River Lagoon
Indian River Lagoon

The Indian River Lagoon is a series of lagoons and inlets making up a portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in the U.S. state of Florida....
.

The St. Lucie Inlet appeared on maps in 1500 and 1683. It was the site of the Ais
Ais (tribe)

The Ais, or Ays were a tribe of Native Americans in the United States who inhabited the Atlantic Coast of Florida. They ranged from present day Cape Canaveral to the St....
 town of Santa Lucea, which Jonathan Dickinson
Jonathan Dickinson

Jonathan Dickinson , was a Quaker merchant from Port Royal, Jamaica who was shipwrecked on the southeast coast of Florida in 1696, along with his family and the other passengers and crew members of the ship....
's party passed through in 1696. As is true for most inlets between barrier islands, the inlet closed and opened repeatedly in the past through natural process. The inlet has been kept open for the past century-and-a-half by frequent dredging.

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  • [ USGS Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report - Saint Lucie Inlet]