Paddling the Everglades Wilderness Waterway by Genzen, Holly -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

FRONT COVER OVERVIEW MAP MAP LEGEND OVERVIEW MAP KEY OTHER MENASHA RIDGE PRESS PADDLING GUIDES TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE CONTENTS DEDICATION PAGE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION

Using This Guide Paddling Conditions Ecology & Environment

PART ONE: On the Everglades Wilderness Waterway

Meet the Waterway Trip Preparation Thru-paddling the Everglades Wilderness Waterway

NORTH-TO-SOUTH THRU-PADDLE ROUTE: SECTIONS 1–21 CHART SOUTH-TO-NORTH THRU-PADDLE ROUTE: SECTIONS A–U CHART Section 1/U: Everglades City/Chokoloskee Island Section 2/T: Chokoloskee Island/Lopez River Campsite or Crooked Creek Chickee Section 3/S: Lopez River Campsite or Crooked Creek Chickee/Marker Section 4/R: Marker 123/Marker 107 Section 5/Q: Marker 107/The Watson Place or Sweetwater Chickee Section 6/P: The Watson Place or Sweetwater Chickee/Marker 79 Section 7/O: Marker 79/Plate Creek Chickee or Lostmans Five Campsite Section 8/N: Plate Creek Chickee or Lostmans Five Campsite/Marker 49 Section 9/M: Marker 49/East End of Big Lostmans Bay Section 10/L: East End of Big Lostmans Bay/Willy Willy Campsite or Rodgers River Chickee Section 11/K: Willy Willy Campsite or Rodgers River Chickee/Marker 26 Section 12/J: Marker 26/Camp Lonesome or Broad River Campsite Section 13/I: Broad River Campsite & Highland Beach Excursion Section 14/H: Broad River Campsite/Harney River Chickee via The Nightmare Section 15/G: Harney River Chickee/Marker 9 or Canepatch Campsite Section 16/F: Marker 9 or Canepatch Campsite/Shark River Chickee Section 17/E: Shark River Chickee/Oyster Bay Chickee Section 18/D: Oyster Bay Chickee/Joe River Chickee Section 19/C: Joe River Chickee/South Joe River Chickee Section 20/B: South Joe River Chickee/Tarpon Creek Section 21/A: Tarpon Creek/Flamingo Map 22: The Historical Route

PART TWO: North Everglades Day & Overnight Paddles

Plan Ahead Day Paddles—Everglades City Area

Halfway Creek/Turner River Loop Lopez River Route Sandfly Island Sandfly Island Loop Smallwood Store Loop

Overnight Paddles—Everglades City Area

Hurddles Creek Loop Indian Key Pass Jewell Key

PART THREE: South Everglades Day & Overnight Paddles

Plan Ahead Day Paddles—Flamingo Area

Bear Lake Canoe Trail Mud Lake Canoe Trail Nine Mile Pond Noble Hammock Canoe Trail

Overnight Paddles—Flamingo Area

Hells Bay Canoe Trail Johnson Key Shark Point South Joe River West Lake to Alligator Creek

PART FOUR: Summer Paddling

Why Do It? The Heat Water, Water, Water! Cooling Strategies Strategic Food-planning Insects Summer Routes Summer Weather

PART FIVE: The Campsites

Alligator Creek (ground site) Broad River (ground site) Camp Lonesome (ground site) Canepatch (ground site) Crooked Creek Chickee Darwin’s Place (ground site) Harney River Chickee Hells Bay Chickee Highland Beach (beach site) Jewell Key (beach site) Joe River Chickee Johnson Key Chickee Lard Can (ground site) Lopez River (ground site) Lostmans Five (ground site) Oyster Bay Chickee Pearl Bay Chickee Picnic Key (beach site) Plate Creek Chickee Rodgers River Chickee Shark Point Chickee Shark River Chickee South Joe River Chickee Sweetwater Chickee The Watson Place (ground site) Willy Willy (ground site)

PART SIX: Everglades Flora, Fauna, People, & Places

American Alligator American Crocodile Bromeliad Buttonwood Buttonwood Canal Cabbage Island Calusa Chevelier Bay Chickee Chokoloskee Island Coot Cuthbert Lake Dolphin Flamingo Gumbo Limbo Hammock Harney River Ibis Limestone Manatee Mangrove Mosquito Mullet Nickerbean & Nickernut The Nightmare Onion Key Osprey Oyster Plate Creek Rodgers River (Bay) Roseate Spoonbill Seagrass Seminole & Miccosukee Shark River Smallwood Store Snowy Egret Swallow-tailed Kites Tabanidae (Yellow Flies) Tabby Tarpon Turner River Worm Rock

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX 1: Checklist APPENDIX 2: Launch Sites APPENDIX 3: Outfitters, Suppliers, & Canoe/Kayak Rentals APPENDIX 4: Resource Overview APPENDIX 5: Internet Resources APPENDIX 6: Suggested Reading APPENDIX 7: Wilderness Waterway GPS Coordinates

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