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Glades CountyGlades County is in Southwestern Florida and encompasses 774 square miles. The only municipality in Glades County is Moore Haven. The County has a year round population of 10,612 residents.
Recreational Highlights of Glades County include: Bicycling; Bird Watching; Boating; Fishing and Water Sports.
Historical Points of Interest include: the Courthouse; Cypress Knee Museum; Lone Cypress Tree; Ortona Indian Mounds and the Seminole Reservation.
Cultural Events and Festivals: Brighton Reservation Festival & Rodeo; Catfish Festival; Chaol-Nitka Festival & Rodeo; Ortona Cane Grinding Festival and Sour Orange Festival.
From Moore Haven, the county seat, driving distance is: Tallahassee 314 miles; Orlando - 118 miles; Tampa -118 miles; Jacksonville - 245 miles and Miami - 95 miles.
Glades County is linked to the Interstate system and is accessible from US-27. The nearest airport with scheduled commercial airline service is the Southwest Florida International Airport with 1 runways, the longest one of 12,000 feet. The nearest Deep Water Port is the Port of Ft. Pierce, 64 miles away.
With a labor force of 3,859 the major private sector employer in Glades County is Lykes Bros. (Agriculture) with 100 employees and the Port LaBelle Inn & Oxbrow Golf Club with 95 employees. Florida Gulf Coast University (Ft. Myers), Palm Beach Community College and Edison Community College serve post-secondary education in Glades County.
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Glades County Inquiry:
| Q. | Is there a campground being developed at Indian Prairie Canal on Lake Okeechobee? | | A. | We sought the assistance of the US Army Corps of Engineers for your question. The Indian Prairie Canal ties Lake Okeechobee with Canal C-41A to Lake Istokpoga in Highlands County. Park Ranger Art Ruebenson of the South Florida Operations Office in Clewiston says there was a primitive campground along the IP Canal that is not currently open. He did pass on that Glades County is considering opening it up but that was not confirmed.
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