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 Section 41-2-4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Said committee consists of Honorable Richard W. Ervin, Honorable Richard H. Simpson, Honorable Philip D. Beall and Honorable F. Elliot, all on the part of the State of Florida, and Honorable Earl M. McGowin, Honorable W. Pruett and Honorable William N. McQueen, all on the part of the State of Alabama.
(1) The middle of the Perdido River at its mouth, as defined by the constitutions of the States of Alabama and Florida, is at latitude 30 deg 16' 53" north and longitude 87 deg 31' 06" west as the control point;
(5) And shall be deemed, taken and declared, and is hereby deemed, taken and declared, to be the boundary line between the states of Florida and Alabama, at the mouth of the Perdido River and adjacent thereto, and shall be deemed and taken as such by the authorities and people of this state.
www.legislature.state.al.us /CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-2-4.htm   (308 words)

  
 Perdido River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The river forms part of the boundary between the two states along nearly its entire length and drains into the (An arm of the Atlantic south of the United States and east of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico.
From 1682 to 1763 the Perdido formed the boundary between the French colony of (A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Louisiana and the Spanish colony of Florida.
In 1804 France subsequently sold Louisiana to the U.S. in the (Territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada) Louisiana Purchase.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/perdido_river.htm   (423 words)

  
 A Brief History of Perdido Bay
Perdido Bay apparently got its name because the mouth of the bay was very narrow and made a sudden turn before opening up into the larger bay.
He describes paddling with his guide on the upper part of the river: "either side of stream was bounded by the swamp.
This would effectively remove all the mill's effluent from the Perdido Bay system and put it in the Escambia Pensacola Bay system which was larger and could probably tolerate the paper mill waste better than Perdido Bay.
www.friendsofperdidobay.com /hispb.htm   (3544 words)

  
 Paddler Magazine Online : 38 Top Florida Canoe Trails
Perdido River: Forming the border between Florida and Alabama, the Perdido River curves past woodlands of pine, cypress and juniper.
Yellow River: The upper portion of the Yellow River is a fast-flowing stream draining the Western Highlands and Florida’s highest elevation.
The river originates in the Green Swamp and is alternately bordered by sand bluffs, grassy areas and dense forests.
www.paddlermagazine.com /issues/2001_1/article_94.shtml   (1584 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Perdido River
The Perdido River is a river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida, approximately 60 miles (97km) long.
It flows generally ESE in a winding course and enters the north end Perdido Bay on the Gulf of Mexico approximately 10 miles (16km) west of Pensacola, Florida.
A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Perdido-River   (1130 words)

  
 Alabama rivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Alabama River, in the United States state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa River and Coosa River rivers, which unite about six miles above Montgomery, Alabama.
The river crosses the richest agricultural and timber districts of the state, and railways connect it with the mineral regions of north central Alabama.
The navigation of the Tallapoosa river (which has its source in Paulding County, Georgia, and is about 250 miles long) is prevented by shoals and a 60-foot fall at Tallassee, a few miles north of its junction with the Coosa.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Alabama-rivers   (186 words)

  
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31 degrees N excluding the Isle of Orleans; and East Florida, between the Apalachicola River and the Atlantic Ocean and south of a line drawn from the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers to the headwaters of the St. Marys River and then continuing along its course to the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1821 the area east of the Perdido River became the Territory of Florida, which in turn became a state in 1845.
In 1970, Florida's seaward boundary with Georgia was formalized by the U.S., extending the border from the mouth of the St. Marys River to the seaward limit of Florida's jurisdiction.
www.freac.fsu.edu /floridaatlas/TXT/his13.txt   (352 words)

  
 Perdido Keys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The USS ''Perdido'' (CVE-47) (previously AVG-47, later ACV-47) was laid down as ACV-47 under Maritime Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington, 1 February 1943; launched 16 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
Assigned to the United Kingdom under lend lease 23 June 1943, ''Perdido'' was taken over by the British Navy at Portland, 31 January 1944.
''Perdido'' was returned to the U.S. Navy 3 March 1946, and on 25 March, the Secretary of the
www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/66/perdido-keys.html   (1664 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
At the end of the Seven Years' War, Britain received the Spanish colony of Florida and a portion of the French colony of Louisiana lying between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers and north of Lake Pontchartrain.
In 1767, the British moved the northern boundary to a line extending from the mouth of the Yazoo River east to the Chattahoochee River (32° 28′ north latitude), consisting of approximately the lower third of the present states of Mississippi and Alabama.
The United States claimed the territory from the Perdido River to the Mississippi River, which had been a part of the old province of Louisiana when the French had ceded it in 1763.
www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=West_Florida   (719 words)

  
 Gulf Ecology Division
Perdido Bay is a shallow estuarine system approximately 130 km2 with three major freshwater inputs.
Nutrients and color from Eleven Mile Creek are diluted by the Perdido River inflow, restricting nutrient and light limitations to the area at the mouth of Eleven Mile Creek.
The cycling of methane across the soils of the tidally flooded bank margins in the tidal freshwater portion of the White Oak River estuary, North Carolina, was investigated from October 1990 to November 1991.
www.epa.gov /gbwebdev/ged/publica/cabprj23.htm   (9527 words)

  
 MountainZone.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This section of the river tends to be tan and shallow at normal-water levels.
For the next ten mile, the river is broad, shallow, has a good current, and some of the largest sandbars found on any no...
The banks of the river become higher at SR 167; shortly below this access, there is a high, wooded bluff on the southeas...
www.mountainzone.com /trails/activity.asp?AreaID={290F865E-5955-11D4-9BED-00104BC9463C}&OrderBy=Length   (1363 words)

  
 About the District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Most of the rivers within northwest Florida are in their natural state and have few structures to alter their floodplains and channels or control their flow rates.
Flooding periodically occurs along major rivers in the region, although damages are held to a minimum because of the relatively sparse development within the floodplains of these rivers.
Concerns and issues relating to river systems that are shared with neighboring states as well as the transfer of water from one region to another will be in the forefront for years to come.
www.myflorida.com /nwfwmd/brochure/home.htm   (1766 words)

  
 Marcia Muller - Books
From its source deep in the wilderness on Soledad Ridge, the clear, cold water of the Perdido River begins its journey to the sea.
You follow the river miles downstream, to where it widens and moves CAPE PERDIDO under eucalyptus, tan bark oak, and pines.
West, where the Perdido eases off to sea level, it moves lazily around sandbars and between white sand beaches, carrying with it kyakers, swimmers, and dogs splashing after Frisbees their owners have tossed.
www.marciamuller.com /books/perdido_ex.asp   (339 words)

  
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Friends of Perdido Bay is trying to follow the progress of this project.
In my opinion, IP will have a hard time providing reasonable assurance that their effluent, where ever it is applied, will not continue to harm both Perdido Bay and Perdido River.
In moving their discharge location, IP will have to have some studies to show, that their effluent is no longer harming either Perdido Bay or Perdido River.
www.friendsofperdidobay.com /April02.htm   (1763 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Florida
Florida is bounded north by Alabama and Georgia, east by the Atlantic, south by the Straits of Florida and Gulf of Mexico, and west by the Gulf and the Perdido River.
Red clay and loam of surpassing fertility replace the elsewhere prevalent thin sandy soils, while the featureless aspect of boundless pine plains and the recurrent sameness of undulating landscape are replaced by a rare exuberance and diversity of highland, plain, lake, and woodland scenery.
The chief rivers flowing into the Atlantic are: St. Mary's, forming part of the northern boundary; St. John's, 300 miles long, navigable for 200 miles; Indian River, properly a salt-water lagoon or sound, forming part of the East Coast Canal.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06115b.htm   (6140 words)

  
 Northwest Florida
The upper river is known for producing ancient Paleo-Indian spear-points, and the upper river is popular for canoeists and has many clear water streams flowing into it.
This river is a popular canoeist destination, in addition to their dropped gold; it also produces fine archaic spear-points.
Although an interpretive station is nearby, the fort actually stood at the coordinates, overlooking the river.
www.treasuresites.com /nwfl.htm   (4188 words)

  
 Main Page - Perdido Key State Park » Florida State Parks
Perdido Key State Park will be under construction for the next few months.
Perdido Key is a 247-acre barrier island near Pensacola on the Gulf of Mexico.
Perdido Key State Park is located 15 miles southwest of Pensacola, off S.R. Park Fees
www.floridastateparks.org /perdidokey/default.cfm   (225 words)

  
 Marcia Muller - Books
Amid ancient redwoods and sun-dappled reeds, the Perdido River runs clear and cold from the mountains of Soledad County to the blue Pacific.
A wildlife refuge and a pristine recreational area, the river brings tourists to the old lumber town of Cape Perdido...and flows through the memories and hearts of the rugged people who have settled there since the Gold Rush days.
As the peace of this small town is shattered, murder stains Cape Perdido, and one by one, those who stand tall for a cause may be swept away by the current of a town's ugly truths-and a killer's revenge.
www.marciamuller.com /books/perdido.asp   (361 words)

  
 About the Tombigbee River
Originating in Mississippi, the Tombigbee River enters Alabama at Aliceville Lake in Pickens County.
Below the confluence with the Black Warrior River, near Demopolis, Alabama, is the lower portion of the basin.
The remaining 2,265 acres is composed of typical bottomland hardwood associated with the Tombigbee River Basin.
wkrg.iewatershed.com /index.php?pagename=ow_watershed_tombigbee_river   (1068 words)

  
 Escambia County Department of Solid Waste Management
At the end of each workday a layer of dirt, mulch, or similar material, called daily cover, is placed over the garbage to keep odors to a minimum and to prevent animals and birds from dragging waste out of the landfill.
In addition, the Perdido Landfill uses a number of procedures to protect the environment from contamination.
These liquids, called leachate, are collected by the liner system and directed to holding ponds on Perdido Landfill for initial treatment before being pumped to the ECUA Water Reclamation Facility at Bayou Marcus for final treatment and disposal.
www.escambiarecycles.com   (371 words)

  
 About Mobile Local Watersheds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Mobile watersheds in the WKRG viewing area that we will focus on include the Alabama, Conecuh-Sepulga, Tombigbee, Perdido, Escatawpa and Mobile watersheds are all part of the South Atlantic-Gulf watershed.
There are 6 sub-regions, those watersheds that correspond to the drainage area of a major river.
State maps of Alabama are often delineated as having 18 river system watersheds and 52 sub-watersheds and 1450 watersheds of tributaries of smaller and smaller streams.
wkrg.iewatershed.com /index.php?pagename=ow_about   (848 words)

  
 Paul Benjamin Merritt was born on the Perdido River in 1889 in a large sawmill town called Muscogee
Paul Benjamin Merritt was born on the Perdido River in 1889 in a large sawmill town called Muscogee
Paul Benjamin Merritt was born on the Perdido River in 1889 in a large sawmill town called Muscogee, Florida/Alabama in the USA.
Merritt loved the pine ridge of Belize and was surely one of the pioneers of the development of the county.
www.actionbelize.com /cruise_oldbelize_PaulMerritStory.htm   (631 words)

  
 10, Four Months in a Sneak-Box, N. H. Bishop, 1879
In crossing the river between the two points mentioned, we were only separated from the sea by a narrow strip of low land.
The Perdido River is the boundary line between the states of Alabama and Florida.
In a bend of the river, nearly three miles east of Inerarity's Point, we landed on a low shore, having passed the log cabins of several settlers scattered along in the woods.
www.ibiblio.org /eldritch/nhb/S10.HTM   (6652 words)

  
 Perdido Key: Riverwalk | Film North Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There are nature trails and hiking trails with interpretive signs describing the forest's pine woods and the soggy pitcher plant, herb, and frog bogs.
Saw palmettos form part of the undergrowth in the area near the river.
The number of trees and shrubs inhabit these typical communities of slash pine lowlands and hardwood swamps along the Perdido River.
www.filmnorthflorida.com /locations/Perdido-Key:-Riverwalk   (88 words)

  
 Pensacola waterfront Property, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, Navarre Beach, Santa Rosa Island
Milton, the county seat of Santa Rosa County, is located near the center of this western Florida Panhandle county, adjacent to the Blackwater River.
In its earliest days, the settlement may have been referred to simply as "Blackwater." The origin of the name Milton is uncertain, but was likely a derivation of "milltown," demonstrating the importance of the lumber industry in the area.
Trees were cut and floated down the Blackwater River and its tributary creeks to sawmills in the Milton area.
www.pensacola-waterfront-property.com   (1609 words)

  
 Home | Gosport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
While providing recreation, the purchase of an additional 226 acres protects two and a half miles of Perdido Bay from development and maintains the viability of naval aviation training essential to NAS Pensacola.
The Betty and Crawford Rainwater Foundation of Pensacola donated funds to The Nature Conservancy for the purchase of historic Rainwater family ranch land as a memorial to its founders Betty and Crawford Rainwater.
The foundation enabled the conservancy to purchase the 2,331 acres along the Perdido River in order to fulfill Betty Rainwater's dream of creating a place where others could learn about nature and experience the beauty and magic of the Perdido River.
gosport.pensacolanewsjournal.com /html/993D6F43-B92A-4B62-BA61-B12959D785B4.shtml   (865 words)

  
 Styx River Perdido River Flood Stages -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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Styx & Perdido Rivers (camping directions) - July 19, 2002.
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 Rivers, Trails & Conservation Program, Nationwide Rivers Inventory, Alabama Segment
RM 0, confluence with Chattahoochee River, to RM 23, headwaters east of Oak Bowery
RM 0, confluence with Cahaba River, to RM 35, headwaters north of Elliotsville
RM 0, confluence with Tombigbee River, to RM 146, headwaters south of Glen Mary
www.nps.gov /ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/al.html   (942 words)

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