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unusual facts about Johns River




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Barge Canal

Cross Florida Barge Canal, a never-completed project to connect the St. Johns River to the Gulf of Mexico

Indigenous peoples of Florida

Agua Fresca - Lived along the middle St. Johns River, part of the mission system.

Joe Pickens

After leaving office he was named President of St. Johns River Community College, now St. Johns River State College, on November 1, 2008, taking over for Robert L. McLendon, Jr.

Neighborhoods of Jacksonville

It is the center of Jacksonville's Urban Core, which includes the surrounding neighborhoods of LaVilla, Springfield, East Jacksonville, and Brooklyn, plus a section on the south side of the St. Johns River known as Southbank.

Point Bridge

Dames Point Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida

Spanish missions in Florida

Following shortly after the success of the Mocama missions, the Spanish established missions among the Agua Fresca (Eastern Utina or Freshwater Timucua) along the middle St. Johns River, from roughly present-day Palatka south to Lake George.