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The Banana River is a 31-mile-long (50 km) [1] lagoon that lies between Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the United States.It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River; it is the only part of the lagoon system not in the Intracoastal Waterway.
The Thousand Islands are a group of natural, modified, and spoil islands in the Banana River Lagoon, Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida.From the late 1950s to the early 1970s the islands were reshaped by development and efforts to control mosquitoes as the population of Brevard grew during the initial period of the space program at Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center.
Banana River, an offshoot of the Indian River, northward making up the eastern shore of Merritt Island. Eau Gallie River; Crane Creek is a 3.3-mile (5.3 km) long tributary of the Indian River in Melbourne, Florida. Turkey Creek Sanctuary is a county wildlife reserve and nature trail system located along the shores of Turkey Creek. A tributary ...
Bordering the city on the north is Cape Canaveral; on the south is Crescent Beach; on the east is the Atlantic Ocean (5.6 mi or 9.0 km of oceanfront); on the west is the Banana River. Propelled by a powerful hurricane, the ocean pushed its way through the barrier islands centuries ago and formed the Thousand Islands in the Banana River. [24]
The narrow lane draw bridge crossed the Banana River near Old Causeway Road on Horti Point. The present day Minuteman Causeway Boulevard in Cocoa Beach, and Old Causeway Road in Angel City are the remaining ends of the Merritt Island Causeway. The bridge system composed of the Indian River Bridge and the Banana River Bridge lasted another 18 ...
Banana River, Port Canaveral, Intracoastal Waterway, Sykes Creek The Canaveral Barge Canal is an active canal in Brevard County, Florida , cutting east-west across northern Merritt Island just south of Cape Canaveral .
To the west it is separated from the mainland by the Indian River and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. To the east it is separated by the Mosquito Lagoon and the Banana River from the barrier island on which Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach stand. The east side of Merritt Island splits and is divided by Sykes Creek and Newfound Harbor.
The Banana River flows into the Indian River on the island's south side, at which point the Indian River continues southward to St. Lucie Inlet. [3] At certain times of the year the presence of bridges restricts the natural movement and flow of Gracilaria (a genus of red algae ), thus resulting in a localized odor of hydrogen sulfide .