The Port Mayaca Lock is a navigable lock and dam on the Okeechobee Waterway ( St. Lucie Canal ), adjacent to U.S. Route 441 and U.S. Route 98 at Canal Point, in Martin County , Florida , United States .
7-451: It is located near Port Mayaca at latitude 26° 59" 5', longitude -80° 37" 5'. Port Mayaca Lock is open daily from 7:00am to 5:00pm. New Lock hour as of 1 April 2015. The total cost of construction was $ 13.1 million. This structure was created to help raise the water level in the lake, for the purpose of retaining fresh water for agricultural use, city water supply, and for navigation. It also serves for regulating flood control water into
14-658: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Port Mayaca Port Mayaca (pronounced port my-ak-kuh) is a sparsely populated place located in western Martin County , Florida , United States, on the eastern side of Lake Okeechobee . Named for the Mayaca Tribe , Port Mayaca is centered just south of the Port Mayaca Lock and Dams on the Okeechobee Waterway (St. Lucie Canal) at
21-616: The National Register of Historic Places . The Port Mayaca post office was established on June 7, 1928, and discontinued on June 30, 1958, after which time mail went to the Canal Point post office in neighboring Palm Beach County . Mail delivery for most of Port Mayaca continues to come from Canal Point. Located a few miles east of this intersection is the Port Mayaca Cemetery , which was chosen in 1928 as
28-601: The Everglades during hurricane season. When polluted lake water is released into the C-44 St. Lucie Canal, the water carries or can spawn algae blooms that release cyanotoxins that may cause nausea, vomiting, skin rashes, coughing, shortness of breath, and achy limbs and joints. Some suspect that small pets have been killed by this airborne toxin. The lock chamber is 56 feet (17 m) wide by 400 feet (120 m) long, and 14 feet (4.3 m) deep. The lift distance between
35-625: The St. Lucie Canal and Lake Okeechobee is normally 1/2 to 2 feet (0.61 m). The channel width is 100 feet (30 m), and 8 feet (2.4 m) deep. The lock gates are "sector gates" (pie-slice shaped), and are made of steel. The spillway is ogee-type concrete, with 4 vertical lift gates. The discharge capacity is 14,800 cubic feet per second (420 m/s). This lock operates on Marine VHF radio channel 13. 26°59′04″N 80°37′16″W / 26.984531°N 80.621105°W / 26.984531; -80.621105 This Florida -related article
42-461: The intersection of S.W. Kanner Highway, ( State Road 76 ), and S.W. Gaines Highway, ( State Road 15 , which is signed as U.S. Route 441 and U.S. Route 98 ). There are few houses and businesses at this intersection. Most are strung out North and South along Gaines Highway or east along Kanner Highway. In November 2008, Cypress Lodge , for many years the only inn in Port Mayaca, was added to
49-473: The site for the mass burial of over 1,600 unidentified people who lost their lives in western Palm Beach County as the result of an unnamed Category 5 hurricane in September 1928 and the flooding that ensued after the earthen dikes surrounding Lake Okeechobee collapsed. Originally operated by a trust set up by the cities of Belle Glade , Pahokee and South Bay , the cemetery has been operated since 1992 by
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