On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:27:15 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:


The park service recommends 7 to 10 days for canoeing the entire
wilderness waterway which is probably about right, but you could do some
short stretches out of either Everglades City or Flamingo on a long
weekend. If you have access to a cruising boat, enter at Little Shark
River the way we did and use the big boat for a base of operations. The
tidal currents in and around the Shark River area are fairly strong in
some places however, and paddling against them would be difficult. The
park service also runs a tour boat out of Flamingo which goes north about
6 miles into White Water Bay before turning around.

I used to drive into Flamingo quite often, for fishing or birding and, as
I said, always wanted to canoe the area. But the thought of getting lost
out there with all the critters and insects cooled any attempt. I've been
to Flamingo in the bug season, and can not fathom how people lived there
before screens and AC. Tougher stock, I guess.