2012 Map of Long Island

About this map

John Buck Seminole Village and Little Doctor Seminole Village stand as distinct cultural markers in this 2012 survey of the Florida Everglades. The landscape is defined by the rigid management of water through a network of infrastructure, including Levee 67A, Levee 67, and the Agricultural Canal. These features illustrate the complex relationship between human habitation and the wetland environment in Miami-Dade County. Small elevated landforms like Palm Tree Head and the namesake Long Island provide the only natural topographic relief amidst the canals and levees. The presence of Sam Willies Camp and William McKinley Osceola Seminole Village further highlights the specific cultural history and continued presence of Indigenous communities within this managed ecosystem near the Blue Shanty Canal.