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Aury Island is a children's
playground and fishing area. It is named after Louis Aury the
Mexican pirate who used Amelia Island as a base of operation
during the early 1800s. It was Aury who caused the United States
to take possession of the island "in trust" for Spain. This
curbed smuggling and maintained effective control of the island
until East Florida was ceded to the United States on July 10,
1821. Aury Island was in the original plan for Amelia Island
Plantation and remains popular |
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