Yes, the Herbert Hoover levee encircles Lake Okeechobee for 143 miles,
But don’t call it enclosed.
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Looking west on the stretch of Lake Okeechobee’s Herbert Hoover Dike that ties back on the north bank of Fisheating Creek |
It contains a gap for allowing Fisheating Creek to free-flow in.
That’s the Lakes one inflow point without a gate!