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The St. Lucie Canal, also known as the C-44 Canal or simply C-44, is a man-made canal in Martin County, Florida, connecting Lake Okeechobee to the Indian River Lagoon.The canal was built between 1916 and 1924 to divert floodwaters from the lake into the St. Lucie Estuary via the South Fork of the St. Lucie River.
This is a route-map template for the St. Lucie Canal, a waterway in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{waterways legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
St. Lucie Lock and Dam on the Okeechobee Waterway, approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) southwest of Stuart, Florida.According to the lock webpage by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lock chamber is "50 feet wide x 250 feet long x 10 feet deep at low water", [2] showing that the design of the canal system and waterway is for shallow barges and not a ship canal.
The St. Lucie River is a 35-mile-long (56 km) [1] estuary linked to a coastal river system in St. Lucie and Martin counties in the U.S. state of Florida. The St. Lucie River and St. Lucie Estuary are an "ecological jewel" of the Treasure Coast , central to the health and well-being of the surrounding communities. [ 2 ]
The Port Mayaca Lock is a navigable lock and dam on the Okeechobee Waterway (St. Lucie Canal), adjacent to U.S. Route 441 and U.S. Route 98 at Canal Point, in Martin County, Florida, United States. [1] It is located near Port Mayaca at latitude 26° 59" 5', longitude -80° 37" 5'. [2] Port Mayaca Lock is open daily from 7:00am to 5:00pm.
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY − The body of a 16-year-old boy was found Wednesday in a canal in St. Lucie County, and sheriff’s officials are investigating the incident.
St. Clair Flats Canal: Clay Township: MI: St. Lawrence Seaway: Jefferson County, St. Lawrence County: NY: 370 mi (600 km) Spans into Canada: St. Lucie Canal (C-44) Martin County: FL: 26 mi (42 km) Part of the Okeechobee Waterway: Stockton Channel: Stockton: CA: 2.5 mi (4.0 km) Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel: San Joaquin County, Contra ...