Ocklawaha River, Florida 100-mile Paddle
This river flows north and eventually joins the St Johns River. Our trip will cover around 100 miles (includes side trip up Silver River) which will allow us more time for exploring, fishing, and relaxing. Excerpts from Wikipedia: The 74-mile-long Ocklawaha River flows north from central Florida until it joins the St. Johns River near Palatka. Its name is a corruption of ak-lowahe, Creek for "muddy". The historical and original source of the Ocklawaha River is Lake Griffin. This is where we intend to start our trip. The Ocklawaha River is the principal tributary of the St. Johns River. The most important and well-known tributary of the Ocklawaha is the Silver River, which carries the discharge from Silver Springs. The river was used extensively in the 19th century and early 20th century for steamboat transportation. Narrow steamboats were used to navigate the constrictive and winding river. In the 1870s, the route between Palatka and Silver Springs became very popular, and was travelled by prominent figures such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas A. Edison and Mary Todd Lincoln to visit Silver Springs.
Below are maps that show our paddle plan.