

The Miami Canal, or C-6 Canal, flows from
Lake Okeechobee
Lake Okeechobee ( ) is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the List of largest lakes of the United States by area, eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Florida
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to its terminus at the
Miami River, which flows through downtown
Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
. The
canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...
flows in a south and southeasterly direction for approximately 77 miles, and passes through three counties:
Broward,
Palm Beach, and
Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade County () is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most-populous count ...
. It was constructed in the early part of the 20th century to drain the
Everglades Agricultural Area
The Everglades Agricultural Area Environmental Protection District (EAA EPD), better known as simply the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA), is an area extending south from Lake Okeechobee to the northern levee of Water Conservation Area 3A, from i ...
(EAA). Removing the canal was proposed as part of the
Restoration of the Everglades
An ongoing effort to remedy damage inflicted during the 20th century on the Everglades, a region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental repair attempt in history. The degradation of the E ...
.
See also
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Tamiami Canal
The Tamiami Canal or C-4 Canal, is a canal located in southern Florida in the United States. It flows in a west to east direction from the western part of the state in the Everglades past the Miami International Airport to a salinity control cent ...
Canals in Florida
Transportation buildings and structures in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Transportation buildings and structures in Broward County, Florida
Transportation buildings and structures in Palm Beach County, Florida
Lake Okeechobee
Transportation buildings and structures in Miami
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