
Suwannee is an
unincorporated community
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in
Dixie County,
Florida
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,
United States
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. It is located on the
Suwannee River
The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River or Swanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrog ...
near its mouth, at the southern end of the
Big Bend region of Florida. It is 23 miles southwest of
Old Town
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, to which it is connected by
County Road 349.
Suwannee is a fishing village, with a population of about 300. It caters for both freshwater fishing in the river and saltwater fishing in the
Gulf of Mexico
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. During the 19th century, the area on which the town sits was an important staging ground for goods traveling to and from the cotton and tobacco plantations throughout the Suwannee Valley. The 1939
Florida guide notes that "small wood-burning
sternwheelers of the Mississippi type plied the lower stretches of the Suwannee, carrying cotton, tobacco, peanuts, naval stores, and lumber from the interior to the high-masted schooners anchored at the river mouth. The ''Belle of the Suwannee'', Captain Robert Bartlett commanding, was the queen of the fleet. During the war blockade runners traveled up and down the stream; several were burned and sunk, but many succeeded in eluding the
Federal gunboats."
The town is surrounded by the
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge. There is a canoe/kayak trail into the refuge from launch sites in the town.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Lower Suwannee NWR Canoe/Kayak Trail
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References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Dixie County, Florida
Unincorporated communities in Florida
Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico
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