The North New River Canal cuts a striking diagonal through this section of southern Florida, illustrating the monumental water management efforts that defined the region in the twenty-first century. This portion of Palm Beach County is largely characterized by a rigid grid of agricultural or conservation tracts, bounded by survey lines such as t46s r38e and t47s r37e. The landscape here represents the managed transition between the agricultural lands south of Lake Okeechobee and the broader Everglades ecosystem, where the massive canal system serves as the primary infrastructure for drainage and irrigation. The sparse labeling reflects a specialized land use where surveyors and water managers have shaped the terrain into precise geometric blocks.
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1956 · West Palm Beach
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · West Palm Beach
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · West Palm Beach
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1970 · Okeelanta
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Loxahatchee SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Shawano
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Fort Lauderdale 2 SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1974 · Everglades 1 SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1974 · Everglades 1 NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1974 · Everglades 1 SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000