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Region- Southeast
State- Florida
Capital- Tallahassee
Latitude- 26.0°N
Longitude- 80.7°W
Florida
•Ten thousand islands.
Located in north west part of park.
Islands are 1 fifth of park.
some of their names are Gumbo Limbo Trail, Royal Palm
and Flamingo.
Covers 1,400,533 acres on the southwest.
• Tree Islands
Mangrove trees form islands with there strong roots that
connect .
• Over 4,000 years ago settlers
lived in the Everglades.
Culture details
• Tequesta and Calusa
-Lived 4,000 years ago.
-First settlers in the
Everglades.
• Spanish explorers
- early 1500s searching for
gold.
-Set missions to convert all
Indians to Christianity.
• Seminole Indians
- 1800 lived in area.
- were forced to leave.
• The largest river in Florida slowly flows
through the Everglades
Waterway details
Swamp
- the swamps is
Big Cypress
40 miles wide
100 miles long
3 inches deep
Canal
-canals flow
through lake
Okeechobee
The lake is 12’0’’ or 12
feet deep.
 River
- one of the rivers
is Shark River Cickee
• Limestone and sand covers the lake floor
Rocks and mineral details
limestone
sand
• Limestone is • The
the most
everglades
found mineral has a small
in everglades. bit of sand in
it.
Park facts
• The park was established in 1947 by Harry
S. Trueman
Harry S. Trueman