The so-called "Rim Canal" is built around the edge of this body of water.
The so-called "Rim Canal" is built around the edge of this body of water. It has a series of dikes, levies, and locks to prevent catastrophic flooding, like it saw with two consecutive hurricanes in the 1920's, which were the inspiration for an event described in There Eyes Were Watching God. Along the southern shore is the town of cabbage-growing town of Belle Glade, a cradle of college football stars. With a name meaning "big water" in Hitchiti, FTP identify this enormous lake in South Florida.
The so-called "Rim Canal" is built around the edge of this body of water.
Lake {Okeechobee}