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Okeechobee Waterway |
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Okeechobee Waterway or Cross-Florida Waterway, 155 mi (249 km) long, across S Fla., from Stuart on the Atlantic Ocean to Fort Myers on the Gulf of Mexico. Its main segments are the St. Lucie Canal, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Hicpochee, and Caloosahatchee River. The shallow (6 ft/1.8 m) waterway has four locks and is used by small commercial and leisure craft. It is also an outlet for the floodwaters of Lake Okeechobee. |
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A boater with 30 years experience and the recent recipient of a captain's license from the Coast Guard, Weiss, 58, this year plans to take his 48-foot Sea Ray Sedan Bridge motor yacht across Florida's Okeechobee Waterway and cruise the Sunshine State's Gulf Coast for the first time. They took the Okeechobee Waterway across Florida and-- much too soon -- were back in Fort Lauderdale After coming through the Okeechobee Waterway to Fort Myers, FL, we spent a few days in Pelican Bay. |
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