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Okeechobee Waterway Route 2 is open for navigation

Special to Lake Okeechobee News

Posted 11/3/23

The vegetation in the channel at Torrey Island has cleared and the Okeechobee Waterway - Route 2 is open.

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Okeechobee Waterway Route 2 is open for navigation

Located in central and southern Florida, the 451,000 acre lake and 154 mile long waterway extends from the Atlantic Ocean at Stuart, to the Gulf of Mexico at Fort Meyers. The waterway runs through Lake Okeechobee and consists of the Caloosahatchee River to the west of the lake and the St. Lucie Canal east of the lake.

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Located in central and southern Florida, the 451,000 acre lake and 154 mile long waterway extends from the Atlantic Ocean at Stuart, to the Gulf of Mexico at Fort Meyers. The waterway runs through Lake Okeechobee and consists of the Caloosahatchee River to the west of the lake and the St. Lucie Canal east of the lake.

Posted Friday, November 3, 2023 9:52 am

Special to Lake Okeechobee News

BELLE GLADE — Okeechobee Waterway Route 2 closed due to vegetation in the channel at Torrey Island, has been cancelled.

The vegetation in the channel at Torrey Island has cleared and the Okeechobee Waterway - Route 2 is open.

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Torrey Island, channel, vgetation, okeechobee waterway, route 2

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