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  2. Intracoastal Waterway - Wikipedia

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    A section of the Intracoastal Waterway in Pamlico County, North Carolina, crossed by the Hobucken Bridge. The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to ...

  3. History of Sarasota, Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Browning and Whitaker pioneer families, gathered for a photograph in Sarasota, Florida during 1886 – Sarasota County History Center collection. In 1890, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began dredging what would eventually be known as the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). The Gulf ICW is the many natural deep water sections as well as ...

  4. Venetian Waterway Park - Wikipedia

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    The Venetian Waterway Park is a 9.3-mile (15.0 km) concrete trail in Sarasota County, Florida located in Venice. It was a public–private partnership between Venice Area Beautification Inc. (VABI), Sarasota County, and the city of Venice. [1] It consists of two trails paralleling the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) from Downtown Venice to the Gulf ...

  5. List of islands of Florida - Wikipedia

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    In the lower Florida Keys Ballast Key: 4.68 ha; 11.6 acres Monroe One of the Mule Keys in the lower Florida Keys Barracouta Key: 47.2 ha; 117 acres Monroe One of the Mule Keys in the lower Florida Keys Belle Isle: Miami-Dade Artificial island in the Venetian Islands in Biscayne Bay: Big Coppitt Key: Monroe In the lower Florida Keys Big Mullet Key

  6. Venice, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The city includes what locals call "Venice Island", a portion of the mainland that is accessed via bridges over the artificially created Intracoastal Waterway. The city is located in Southwest Florida. [8] As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 25,463, [9] up from 20,748 ...

  7. Indian River (Florida) - Wikipedia

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    Indian River (Florida) The Indian River is a 121-mile (195 km) long [1] brackish lagoon in Florida. [2] It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, which in turn forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It was originally named Rio de Ais after the Ais Indian tribe, who lived along the east coast of Florida, but was later given its ...

  8. Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) is a publicly owned 901-bed health care facility located in Sarasota, Florida. [2] It was founded in 1925. The health care facility is a level II trauma center [3] and the flagship facility of the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, which services Sarasota and Manatee counties. [4]

  9. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway - Wikipedia

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    Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW[1]) is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1,300 mi (2,100 km) [1] from Saint Marks, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas. The waterway provides a channel with a controlling ...