Caloosahatchee Canal

Finishing the Okeechobee Waterway

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May 7th 2011
Thursday morning (my 60th birthday WooHoo!) we left Moore Haven and headed west on the Okeechobee Waterway on the Caloosahatchee Canal. Around LaBelle, a charming Old-Florida town, it becomes the Caloosahatchee River. We reached the Ortona Lock, with its 8’ drop a little after 11 and were leaving it 10 minutes later. The Franklin Lock near Olga, is the last one on the OWW, and is on the same ... read more

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