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Peace River (Florida)
The
Peace River
is a river in the southwestern part of the
Florida
peninsula
, in the
U.S.A.
. It originates at the juncture of Saddle Creek and Peace Creek northeast of
Bartow
in
Polk County
and flows south through
Hardee County
to
Arcadia
in
DeSoto County
and then southwest into the
Charlotte Harbor
estuary
at
Port Charlotte
in
Charlotte County
. It is long and has a
drainage basin
of .
U.S. Highway 17
runs near and somewhat parallel to the river for much of its course. The river was called
Rio de la Paz
(
River of Peace
) on 16th century
Spanish
charts. It appeared as
Peas Creek
or
Pease Creek
on later maps. The
Creek
(and later,
Seminole
) Indians call it Talakchopcohatchee,
River of Long Peas
. Other cities along the Peace River include
Fort Meade
,
Wauchula
and
Zolfo Springs
.
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