In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we review the history of Islandia, a city formed with development in mind that eventually — and unintentionally — helped create Biscayne National Park.

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The Birth of Biscayne National Park (https://www.nps.gov/bisc/learn/historyculture/the-birth-of-biscayne-national-park.htm)

Biscayne National Park: The History of a Unique Park on the “Edge” — An Administrative History by Leslie Kemp Poole (https://npshistory.com/publications/bisc/adhi.pdf)

Learn About Biscayne National Park (https://floridanationalparksassociation.org/learn-about-biscayne-national-park)

Jason Katz: Islandia: The Miami Beach That Wasn’t (https://youtu.be/v0aFxe9Vjqk)