Okeechobee Waterway

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St. Lucie Lock and Dam on the Okeechobee Waterway, approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Stuart, Florida

Ortona Lock and Dam on the Caloosahatchee River, part of the Okeechobee Waterway, in Glades County, Florida

The Okeechobee Waterway is a man-made waterway stretching from Fort Myers on the west coast to Stuart on the east coast of Florida. It was built/finished in 1937 to provide a water route across Florida, allowing boats to pass east–west across the state rather than travelling the long route around the southern end of the state.

External links [edit]

Army Corp Okeechobee Waterway Site* [1]

Lake Okeechobee Watershed - Florida DEP

v t e Significant waterways of Florida

Larger rivers	Apalachicola Caloosahatchee Chattahoochee Kissimmee Ochlockonee Ocklawaha Peace St. Johns Suwannee Withlacoochee Yellow

Lakes	Apopka Blue Cypress East Tohopekaliga George Harney Harris Iamonia Istokpoga Jackson Jesup Kissimmee Miccosukee Monroe Okeechobee Rodman Rousseau Seminole Talquin Tohopekaliga Tsala Apopka Washington Weir

Smaller rivers	Alafia Alapaha Anclote Aucilla Blackwater Braden Chipola Choctawhatchee Econfina Econlockhatchee Escambia Hillsborough Ichetucknee Little Manatee Little (1) Little (2) Little Wekiva Manatee Miami Myakka Perdido Pithlachascotee Rainbow St. Lucie St. Marks St. Marys Santa Fe Shark Silver Steinhatchee Tomoka Trout Wacissa Wakulla Weeki Wachee Wekiva

Creeks and streams	Billy Black Blackwater (Hillsborough) Blackwater (Lake) Cross Econfina Fisheating Myakkahatchee Orange Pottsburg Shingle Snapper Turkey

Canals	Canaveral Barge Canal Cross Florida Barge Canal Haulover Canal Hillsboro Canal Miami Canal Mud Lake Canal St. Johns-Indian River Barge Canal Tamiami Canal Tampa Bypass Canal

See also	Intracoastal Waterway Okeechobee Waterway List of Florida rivers List of springs in Florida Coastal waters of Florida Everglades Outstanding Florida Waters