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BREVARD COUNTY HISTORY: Florida Frontiers Revisits Canoe Found in Cocoa After Hurricane Irma

Nearly a year ago, Hurricane Irma swept through Brevard County. The day after the storm, September 11, 2017, Rockledge photographer and archaeology enthusiast Randy Lathrop, also known as Randy Shots, discovered that the hurricane had dislodged a historic canoe and washed it ashore from the Indian River in Cocoa. The 15 foot, 700-pound canoe captured the public’s imagination. […]

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Florida Division of Historical Resources Selects City of Cape Canaveral as Home To Hurricane Irma Canoe

The Florida Division of Historical Resources has selected the City of Cape Canaveral to be the home of the widely publicized and invariably intriguing, Irma Canoe. The canoe washed up from the Indian River, north of Cocoa, Florida, along what locals have dubbed Florida’s “Space Coast” for its proximity to the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. […]