Martin Digital History

Aerial view of Peck's Lake inlet, 1963

Item

Title

Aerial view of Peck's Lake inlet, 1963

Description

Aerial view of Peck's Lake inlet. Peck's Lake is adjacent to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and north of Jupiter Island. In 1963, an inlet was opened into Peck's Lake by storms, then closed as an erosion hazard. Published in the Miami Herald (18 Aug 1963) with the caption "Last spring raging seas pounded the shores of Jupiter Island, slashing this wide inlet, left through the narrow neck of land at Peck's Lake."

Source

Digital image gift of Sandra Thurlow, original donor John Whiticar.

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Contributor

Rights

No copyright

Format

Digital image, 300 dpi

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

2025.012
Thurlow-2025-013a-004

Original Format

Digital image

Citation

Arthur Ruhnke (1912-1986), “Aerial view of Peck's Lake inlet, 1963,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/12680.