The
Okeechobee Waterway or
Okeechobee Canal is a relatively shallow artificial waterway in the United States, stretching across
Florida from
Fort Myers on the west coast to
Stuart on Florida's east coast. The waterway can support tows such as
barges or private vessels up to 50 feet (15 metres) wide x 250 feet (76 metres) long which draw less than 10 feet (3.0 metres), as parts of the system, especially the
locks may have low water depths of just ten feet. The system of channels 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.
