Duck Key
Duck Key is a small islet located at mile marker 61 off the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys.
In the 1820s & 1830s it was the site of a salt manufactoring, and it was populated until The Labor Day Hurrican in 1935, where it was left unoccupied until the 1950s when a Canadian developer and entrepreneur named Bryan Newkirk, gained possession of what at that time was described as "a jumble of swamp and mangrove tree."
He had a plan to create a luxury resort and secluded residential community.
Work started, and the process involved gigantic amounts of fill, and the construction of over 4 miles of canals, which created smaller islands within the complex. During the work, it was also connected to The Overseas Highway by a causeway.
The canals, dredged and connected to each other by unique Venetian arched bridges, which were designed so that the blue ocean waters flowed right into the residents' backyards.
It was divided into 775 tracts, which sold between $10,000 and $3,800,000. The bold vision of Newkirk was a reality.
Here cars are abandoned in the driveway so folks walk, boat, or get around in their golf carts. It is a quiet, friendly and very comfortable way to live.
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