Port Mayaca Lock - St. Lucie Canal Concrete Boat Ramp

On Saint Lucie Canal

The St. Lucie Canal, also called the C-44 Canal, is a man-made canal in Martin County, Florida. It runs about 26 miles from Lake Okeechobee at Port Mayaca to the St. Lucie Estuary by way of the South Fork of the St. Lucie River. The canal was built between 1916 and 1924 to carry floodwaters away from the lake. It was deepened to 6 feet in 1937 so boats could use it, and to 8 feet in 1949. Today it forms the eastern part of the 152-mile Okeechobee Waterway, which connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico through the Caloosahatchee River. More about Saint Lucie Canal.

Boating rules on Saint Lucie Canal

• Locks operate 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; last lockage begins at 4:30 p.m. source
• Everyone aboard must wear a Coast Guard-approved life jacket and engines must be turned off while locking through; the lock operator has full authority over boat movements in the lock and its approaches source
• Locks monitor marine VHF radio channel 13 source

Community

Where people who use Saint Lucie Canal talk about it.

• St. Lucie Lock & Dam - USACE Jacksonville District Agency
• Port Mayaca Lock & Dam - USACE Jacksonville District Agency
• st lucie canal anchorages - Trawler Forum Forum
• Search Reddit: r/florida Reddit
• Search all of Reddit for Saint Lucie Canal, Florida Reddit

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