Re: Wakulla (Florida) Volcano

It is mostly wildlife refuge now. Some is still owned by a former
paper company but what they own is not very interestign since it was
simply used to grow pine trees. People still get lost trying to canoe
down the Wacissa river. The river disappears into a bunch of streams
called "The Warriors" which go off into the swamp, some going
underground. In the early 1800s, a canal was dug from the Wacissa to
the Aucilla to transport cotton from upriver to the Gulf via shallow
draft boats. The canal was dug by slaves under horrendous conditions.
If the canoeist misses the opening to the Slave Canal hidden behind a
huge cypress tree, he gets lost for days. The woods and swamps are
filled with indian middens where artifacts lie on the ground. The
crystal clrear spring fed streams have fossilized bones of mastadons,
early horses and camels at the bottom. Large fossilized shark teeth
can often be found on the bottoms.
The Wacissa River flows from the spring head in a river that looks like
something in Africa with numerous crystal clear deep cold springs along
its sides. The Aucilla River is dark from tannin and flows for awhile
till it goes underground numerous times often rising to flow for a few
hundred feet very swiftly and then goes underground in a slow
whirlpool. The rivers rise again at Nutall Rise and then flow to the
gulf in the wildlife refuge. It is real wilderness with so many gators
snakes and other wildlife as to seem like some kind of hell to anybody
who doesnt like that sort of place.
The "Lost Volcano Area" does seem weird with large limestone boulders
covered with moss strewn all over with numerous sinks and cave-like
features. We once tried to explore a short cave there so it could be
listed as the only cave in Jefferson County Fl but the presence of too
many snakes kept us from going in. Vegetation is palmetto, hardwoods,
cypress, and cabbage palm with much swamp vegetation.
If it seems like I like the place, I do.

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