Wekiwa Springs and Wekiva River. Yes, this is confusing how can we have two
spellings and pronunciations for the same body of water?
Wekiva Springs Headwaters of the Wekiva River |
For many years known as Clay Springs, the name was reverted to Wekiwa in 1906. Earlier it was called Wekiwa, named
by the Seminole Indians and interpreted as “spring of water”.
Now the river also carries a Seminole name, Wekiva, which means
“flowing water”. Although Wekiwa and Wekiva are sufficient
identifiers, we non-Seminole need additional terms thus the labels
Springs and River.
Wekiwa Springs |
In 2000 the Wekiva River, WekiwaSprings Run, Rock Springs Run, and Black Water Creek were designated
as National Wild and Scenic Rivers by the United States Congress.
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