Williams Creek is a
creek
A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet.
Creek may also refer to:
People
* Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans
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in Navarre, Florida. The creek is a
tributary
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body of water to the
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. In recent time, the creek has been a subject of
advocacy
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and
controversy
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for the cleaning of local waterways and the preventing of sewage
effluent
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from entering those same waterways.
The creek is named after the Williams Family, who lived in near the creek in the early to mid 19th century.
See also
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Arachno Creek
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East Bay River
The East Bay River (also called the East River and historically known as The River Jordan or the Chester River) in Florida is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1 ...
References
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Navarre, Florida