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Escambia River

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                        An early morning fog boat dock view                A walk in that direction leads down a nature trail                   Looking out at the water on a grey sky kind of day

The Escambia River

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The  Escambia River  is a 92-mile river of  which 54 miles are found in Florida. The  river  has its headwaters in southern Alabama and is called the Conecuh in that state, changing names as it comes into Florida as it drains into Pensacola Bay.  The nice little nature view while walking      onto the boardwalk.       The tree rats sure made quite a mess                  A board walk nature view This was taken one foggy morning from the boardwalk looking toward the boat launch                            Looking North                            Looking South                             Looking back     This is how it looks when the water level ...
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The Escambia River is approximately 240 miles long and flows out of south Alabama, traveling around 54 miles from the Florida state line to Escambia Bay. It ranks as the fourth largest river in Florida.  The river has a drainage basin covering 4,200 square miles, only 10 percent of which is in Florida.  The river harbors the richest assemblage of native North American freshwater fish of any Florida stream with 85 native freshwater species recorded from the river system.  The Escambia River Water Management Area contains a high diversity of plants and animals. Land coverage types include large acreages of hardwood forests, pine flatwoods, and estuary marshlands. The round circular object in the picture is a bridge piling that used to be an iron truss pivot bridge that was constructed during 1917-1929 at a cost of $15,000. It connected Escambia County & Santa Rosa County.  Escambia County was organized by European-Americans on July 21, 1821, after the United Stat...