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56 feet. 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.
Winter Haven, Florida. Lake Eloise is a large natural freshwater lake on the south side of Winter Haven, Florida. It is part of the southern Chain of Lakes. With a 1,174-acre (4,750,000 m 2) surface area, [1] it is one of the larger lakes in Polk County, Florida. Lake Eloise has a somewhat oval shape and has a large cove on its south side.
36 feet (11 m) Lake Lotela is a natural freshwater lake in Highlands County, Florida. It is one of the county's larger lakes, with a surface area of 802-acre (3,250,000 m 2). Its maximum depth is 36 feet (11 m). It is at the southeast corner of Avon Park, Florida. Lake Lotela's largest part is circular.
The area was originally known by the indigenous Americans as Ocklawaha, and was first settled in the early 1830s, when Lucius A. Church purchased 2,000 acres (809 ha) for a plantation. The name of the area was formally changed to Cherry Lake in 1837, reflecting the name of the body of water it borders. [2] The lake covers 405 acres (164 ha) and ...
Lewisville Lake, formerly known as Garza-Little Elm Reservoir, is a reservoir in North Texas (USA) on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River in Denton County near Lewisville. Originally engineered in 1927 as Lake Dallas, the reservoir was expanded in the 1940s and 1950s and renamed Lewisville Lake. It was built for flood control purposes and to ...
Lake Echo (Polk County, Florida) Lake Echo as seen from the boating dock on South Winona Avenue, March 2022. / 28.0825; -81.7340. Lake Echo, which is almost round, has a surface area of 68.92-acre (278,900 m 2 ). Lake Echo is inside the city of Lake Alfred, Florida. The north and east shores and part of the south shore are bordered by residences.
The Clermont chain of lakes is a chain of lakes centered on Clermont, Florida. The chain is orientated from southeast to northwest and fed primarily by streams and groundwater flow. They make up the middle part of the Palatlakaha River watershed which forms the headwaters of the Ocklawaha River. The lakes are notable for their red to tea ...
Two major central Florida roadways that run near the lake are State Road 415 and Interstate 4. It forms the border of Seminole County and Volusia County It is the 8th largest lake in the Orlando metropolitan area, after Lake Jesup, 7 miles (11 km) to the south. Roadways on the lake that suffered intense flooding due to Tropical Storm Fay in 2008.