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Elk Horn Landing Canoe Access

Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Lake Talquin · near Tallahassee · Florida

Open per Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC)'s data, updated weekly. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Fee
Free
Ramp surface
Shoreline Hand Launch
Car parking
4 spaces
Restrooms
No
Hours
24 Hours
Managed by
Leon County
Website
cms.leoncountyfl.gov
Coordinates
30.40378, -84.59592

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On Lake Talquin

Lake Talquin is a reservoir on the Ochlockonee River between Leon and Gadsden counties in north Florida. It lies about 10 miles west of Tallahassee, and its name joins the names of Tallahassee and Quincy. The lake formed in 1927, when the Jackson Bluff Dam was built on the Ochlockonee to generate hydroelectric power. Florida Power Corporation built the 60-foot earthen dam, and the plant there is one of only two hydroelectric plants in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) gives the lake's size as 8,800 acres, with an average depth of 15 feet and a maximum depth of 40 feet. Other sources give figures from about 7,800 to 12,000 acres. The lake is almost 20 miles long and mostly about 1 mile wide. In 1971 Florida Power Corp. gave about 20,000 acres of uplands and 10,000 acres of lake bottom to the state. More about Lake Talquin.

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Why it is listed as public: listed by Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.