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Pelican Lake, Florida

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Pelican Lake is the name of a small unincorporated community in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, located north of Belle Glade, south-southeast of Canal Point, and east of Pahokee. Pelican Lake is on the south side of State Road 717.

Geography

Pelican Lake is located at 26°48′40″N 80°36′38″W / 26.81115°N 80.61068°W / 26.81115; -80.61068 with an elevation of 13 feet.[1] According to WPTV, 30 registered sex offenders reside within a 1 block radius there. "The community was taken over in December by Matthew 25 Ministries. They turned it in to a kind of halfway house for sex offenders and predators."[citation needed]

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