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Image of the Peace River. The Peace River is a river in the southwestern part of the Florida peninsula, in the U.S.A. [1] It originates at the juncture of Saddle Creek and Peace Creek northeast of Bartow in Polk County and flows south through Fort Meade (Polk County) Hardee County to Arcadia in DeSoto County and then southwest into the Charlotte Harbor estuary at Punta Gorda in Charlotte County.
As of July 20, 2011, Fort Meade officially became only the second city in all of Florida to be designated as a "Blueway" community by the Florida Paddlers Association. Fort Meade Outdoor Recreation Area is a popular launching and pick-up site for kayak and canoe enthusiasts and is the site for the annual Peace River Paddle hosted by Florida ...
The biggest player was the Peace River Phosphate Company (formed in January 1887) which was located in Arcadia by M.M. Knudson of New York and they built a narrow gauge railroad from the works on the river to the interchange with the Florida Southern. This company and its railroad were the first direct ancestor of the future Charlotte Harbor ...
CR 640 – Homeland, Homeland Heritage Park, Mosaic Peace River Park: Fort Meade: 502.067: 807.999: US 17 south (Charleston Avenue / SR 35) / CR 630 west (Broadway) – Wauchula: South end of US 17 / SR 35 overlap 517.131: 832.242: US 27 north / CR 630 east – Lake Wales, Frostproof, Indian Lake Estates: North end of US 27 / SR 25 overlap
Roughly bounded by the northern shore of Lake Howard, the southwestern shore of Lake Mirror, and the Cannon-Howard Canal 28°03′05″N 81°45′10″W / 28.051389°N 81.752778°W / 28.051389; -81.752778 ( Interlaken Historic Residential
Patterson Park is a public park in the town of Fort Meade, Florida. It has an area of 16.5-acre (67,000 m 2), of which half is water. The park is at an elevation of 148 ft (45 m) and the property was once an open-pit mine. The area was landscaped after the mine was closed. [1] [2] [3] This park has a number of amenities:
Transporting phosphate by ship down the Peace River was a slow and tedious process due to the river levels being low at some times. The Florida Southern Railway (which later became part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ) operated tracks to Punta Gorda along the south side of the river, and it was also used to some extent to transport ...
Streamflow changes along upper Peace River. There is a project to raise the level of Lake Hancock and start a larger flow towards Peace River. [22] To restore Kissengen Spring, the aquifer must be recharged with enough water to recreate the original spring pressure. [citation needed] Peace River will have to be restored to the year round ...