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The St. Johns River (Spanish: Río San Juan) is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and is the most significant one for commercial and recreational use. [note 1] At 310 miles (500 km) long, it flows north and winds through or borders 12 counties.
All the bridges over the St. Johns River north of the canal are high enough for ships or have movable sections. High bridges were built over the canal, as well as several over the Ocklawaha River where it was not widened to the canal. The following are the major roads, railroads, and locks and dams cross the path of the canal: [citation needed]
The name of Lake Welaka is taken from "Welaka" (meaning "chain of lakes"), the name for the St. Johns River in Muskogee language of the Seminole. [2] The first European to visit the lake was Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, who as the Spanish governor of Florida, explored the St. Johns River in the spring of 1596.
mile marker 0.0: I-264 to Virginia Beach. ... St. Johns River Pablo Creek ... South Channel Savannah River – USGS Feature Detail Report;
Just like traffic lights and signs help drivers on the road, boaters have buoys and signs to guide them to and from shore safely.
Drayton Island is a privately owned heavily wooded island at the northern end of Lake George on the west side of the Saint Johns River's main channel in Putnam County, Florida, United States. [1] Drayton Island, during the steamboat period on the St. Johns River, was a scheduled stop for tourists and boasted a hotel built in 1875 that burned in ...
Maple Leaf′s wreck site is located in the St. Johns River, to the west of the adjacent Mandarin neighborhood, in southeastern Duval County.The wreck was deemed a threat to river navigation so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had all structural components above the ship's main deck removed to clear the channel in the 1880s. [3]
This is the list of lakes that form the St. Johns River in Florida, the state's longest river, starting with the origin. Blue Cypress Lake; Lake Hell 'n Blazes; Sawgrass Lake; Lake Washington; Lake Winder; Lake Poinsett; Ruth Lake; Puzzle Lake; Lake Harney; Lake Jesup; Lake Monroe; Lake Dexter; Lake George; Doctors Lake-linked by channel