Mud Lake Canal
United States historic place in Flamingo, Florida. Added to the National Register in 2006, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Mud Lake Canal is a prehistoric long-distance canoe canal near Flamingo, Florida, U.S. It is located at Cape Sable, in the Everglades National Park. At 3.9 miles (6.3 km), it is the longest of Florida's known prehistoric canals, believed to form a part of a sheltered travel route between the Florida Keys and the Ten Thousand Islands. On September 20, 2006, it was designated a National Historic Landmark and added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | Cape Sable, Everglades National Park, Flamingo vicinity, FL |
| County | Monroe County |
| Listed | Sep 20, 2006 |
| Reference number | 06000979 |
| Type of place | canal |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Cape Sable, Everglades National Park, Flamingo, FL |
| Coordinates | 25.17434, -80.93826 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Everglades National Park · 14 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Flamingo Campground 3 mi · Long Pine Key Campground 23 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 06000979. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.