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Wakulla River

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Wenhold, Lucy L. Translator and Ed. (1936). "A 17th Century Letter of Gabriel Diaz Vara Calderón, Bishop of Cuba, Describing the Indians and Indian Missions of Florida."
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runs for approximately 4 miles (6.4 km), between the Upper and Lower Bridges. Access to the river north of the Upper Bridge is blocked by a
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who are Muskhogean in their origin and language. In the 17th century the Spanish also used the name "Guacara River" for what is now called the
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in the 1930s; challenged in court, its legality was upheld when the river above it was found by a court to be non-
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which signified a "spring of water" in some Indian dialects, but not in the Timucuan language. Timucuan
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by the Creeks. The Creek voiceless "L" is always substituted for the Spanish "R". Thus the word
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The river, due to its clear, clean water, was once used to film underwater scenes during north
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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word, it is unlikely that its meaning will ever be known. It may contain the word
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Laboring in the Fields of the Lord: Spanish Missions and Southeastern Indians.
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Spanish Borderlands Sourcebooks 23 The Missions of Spanish Florida.
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Vol. 95, No. 16. Reprinted in David Hurst Thomas. Ed. (1991).
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meant "to cut or shave", "to freeze to death", or "fruit".
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Boyd, Mark F., Hale G. Smith and John W. Griffin. (1999).
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Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. 832: 818: 810: 16:River in Florida, United States of America 246:is an 11-mile-long (18 km) river in 711:Florida Place-Names of Indian Derivation 649: 647: 416: 757:Marth, Del and Marty Marth, eds. 1990. 630: 788:Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 256:Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park 18: 7: 1504:St. Johns-Indian River Barge Canal 14: 1606:Rivers of Wakulla County, Florida 262:3 miles (5 km) north of the 1560:List of major springs in Florida 840:Significant waterways of Florida 533: 477: 39: 27: 674:Wakulla County: Wakulla Springs 733:. University Press of Florida 296:Creature from the Black Lagoon 250:. It carries the outflow from 195: • coordinates 128: • coordinates 1: 776:University Press of Florida. 373:Since Wakulla was probably a 96:Physical characteristics 772:Milanich, Jerald T. (2006). 743:Granberry, Julian. (1993). 350:would have been pronounced 183: • location 116: • location 1627: 1611:Outstanding Florida Waters 1575:Outstanding Florida Waters 121:Wakulla Springs State Park 1535:Coastal waters of Florida 1479:Cross Florida Barge Canal 1403:Blackwater (Hillsborough) 653:Boning, Charles R. 2007. 641:, accessed April 18, 2011 585: 436: 339:is the equivalent of the 165: 100: 45:St. Marks River watershed 38: 26: 676:Retrieved June 28, 2007 270:extends northwest into 248:Wakulla County, Florida 236:11 mi (18 km) 1555:List of Florida rivers 1235:Little Econlockhatchee 1545:Intracoastal Waterway 1474:Canaveral Barge Canal 1225:Little (Biscayne Bay) 973:Withlacoochee (South) 968:Withlacoochee (North) 759:The Rivers of Florida 685:Milanich, pp. 12-13. 607:30.14944°N 84.21111°W 570:30.17556°N 84.24528°W 514:30.21361°N 84.26139°W 458:30.23361°N 84.30528°W 217:30.14944°N 84.21111°W 150:30.23361°N 84.30528°W 1230:Little (Ochlockonee) 794:Garland Publishing. 1565:Okeechobee Waterway 1550:Indian River Lagoon 612:30.14944; -84.21111 603: /  575:30.17556; -84.24528 566: /  519:30.21361; -84.26139 510: /  486:Shadeville Highway 463:30.23361; -84.30528 454: /  222:30.14944; -84.21111 213: /  155:30.23361; -84.30528 146: /  1519:Tampa Bypass Canal 699:Granberry:118, 131 393:The Wakulla River 291:Johnny Weissmuller 188:St. Marks, Florida 1601:Rivers of Florida 1588: 1587: 1408:Blackwater (Lake) 1009:East Tohopekaliga 663:978-1-56164-400-1 622: 621: 413:List of crossings 331:pronunciation of 289:movies, starring 240: 239: 1618: 1570:Okefenokee Swamp 834: 827: 820: 811: 717: 714: 706: 700: 683: 677: 671: 665: 655:Florida's Rivers 651: 642: 639:The National Map 635: 618: 617: 615: 614: 613: 608: 604: 601: 600: 599: 596: 581: 580: 578: 577: 576: 571: 567: 564: 563: 562: 559: 542:Coastal Highway 537: 525: 524: 522: 521: 520: 515: 511: 508: 507: 506: 503: 481: 469: 468: 466: 465: 464: 459: 455: 452: 451: 450: 447: 417: 399:chain-link fence 228: 227: 225: 224: 223: 218: 214: 211: 210: 209: 206: 161: 160: 158: 157: 156: 151: 147: 144: 143: 142: 139: 129: 117: 43: 31: 19: 1626: 1625: 1621: 1620: 1619: 1617: 1616: 1615: 1591: 1590: 1589: 1584: 1523: 1509:St. Lucie Canal 1489:Hillsboro Canal 1462: 1385: 1379: 1295:Pithlachascotee 1275:New (Carabelle) 1123: 982: 893:Econlockhatchee 841: 838: 808: 726: 721: 720: 715: 708: 707: 703: 698: 696: 694: 684: 680: 672: 668: 652: 645: 636: 632: 627: 611: 609: 605: 602: 597: 594: 592: 590: 589: 574: 572: 568: 565: 560: 557: 555: 553: 552: 541: 518: 516: 512: 509: 504: 501: 499: 497: 496: 492:Wakulla Station 485: 462: 460: 456: 453: 448: 445: 443: 441: 440: 415: 391: 358:was pronounced 335:. 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United States
Florida
Wakulla
NWFWMD
Wakulla Springs
Wakulla Springs State Park
30°14′01″N 84°18′19″W / 30.23361°N 84.30528°W / 30.23361; -84.30528
Mouth
St. Marks River
St. Marks, Florida
30°8′58″N 84°12′40″W / 30.14944°N 84.21111°W / 30.14944; -84.21111
Wakulla County, Florida
Wakulla Springs
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
St. Marks River
Gulf of Mexico
drainage basin
Leon County
Munson Slough
Florida
Tarzan
Johnny Weissmuller
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Spanish
Muskhogean
Creek
Seminoles
Suwannee River

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