Lake Okeechobee as the sun rises over Coot's Bay and parcel of wetland. As the largest freshwater lake in the state of Florida, Lake Okeechobee covers 730 square miles—so vast that it is impossible to see the opposite shoreline. Its name originates from the Hitchiti words oki (water) and chubi (big), the ancestral language of most of Florida's Seminole people.
Located in central and southern Florida, this 451,000-acre lake is the centerpiece of a 154-mile-long waterway that extends from the Atlantic Ocean at Stuart all the way to the Gulf of Mexico at Ft. Myers. The waterway runs directly through Lake Okeechobee, consisting of the Caloosahatchee River to the west of the lake and the St. Lucie Canal to the east.
Lake Okeechobee and the Okeechobee Waterway Project is a vital component of a complex water management system known as the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project. This massive engineering system spans 16,000 square miles, starting just south of Orlando and extending southward through the Kissimmee River Basin all the way to the Everglades. (u.S. Army Photo by Brigida I. Sanchez)
| Date Taken: | 05.15.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 05.18.2026 13:53 |
| Photo ID: | 9690950 |
| VIRIN: | 260515-A-AZ289-5410 |
| Resolution: | 12288x6208 |
| Size: | 15.6 MB |
| Location: | CLEWISTON, FLORIDA, US |
| Hometown: | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US |
| Hometown: | WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, US |
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