Okeechobee Waterway
![St. Lucie Lock and Dam on the Okeechobee Waterway, approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Stuart, Florida](/Images/godic/202501/30/USACE_St_Lucie_Lock_and_Dam3218.jpg")
![Ortona Lock and Dam on the Caloosahatchee River, part of the Okeechobee Waterway, in Glades County, Florida](/Images/godic/202501/30/USACE_Ortona_Lock_and_Dam3218.jpg")
The Okeechobee Waterway is a man-made waterway stretching across Florida from Fort Myers on the west coast to Stuart on the east coast of Florida. The waterway runs through Lake Okeechobee and consists of the Caloosahatchee River to the west of the lake and the St. Lucie Canal east of the lake.