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The '''Fairpoint Peninsula''' is located in southern [[Santa Rosa County]] between [[Santa Rosa Sound]] and [[Pensacola Bay]]. It is connected to the western mainland of Santa Rosa County by the [[Garcon Point Bridge]], to [[Escambia County]] by the [[Pensacola Bay Bridge]], and to the [[island of Santa Rosa]] by the [[Bob Sikes Bridge]] and the [[Navarre Beach Causeway]].
== History ==
The [[Naval Live Oaks Reservation]] was the home of America's first experimental tree farm, established by President [[Wikipedia:John Quincy Adams|John Quincy Adams]] in [[1828]]. It was established to provide raw material to support shipbuilding for the [[Navy]] in the area. Today, Naval Live Oaks is part of the [[Gulf Islands National Seashore]], a unit of the National Park Service.
==CommunitiesFeatures==
Communities located on the Fairpoint Peninsula:
*[[Gulf Breeze]]
*[[Midway]]
*[[Navarre]]
Geographic features on and around Fairpoint Peninsula:*[[Butcherpen Point]] & [[Butcherpen Cove]]*[[Town Point]] and [[Deadman's Island]]*[[Old Navy Cove]]*[[Peake's Point]]*[[Deer Point]] & [[Deer Point Cove]]*[[Gulf Breeze, FloridaEnglish Navy Bay]]*[[Navarre, FloridaGrassy Point]]
[[Category:Santa Rosa County]]