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Upper North River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 52.5
Lat/Lon: 36 18.540 North/075 58.856 West
Location:found on the upper reaches of the North River, abandoned by the Waterway and west of the gap between the ICW’s unlighted daybeacons #129 and #132
Minimum Depth: 5-foot minimum depths, but navigation can be difficult
Swing Room: Not recommended for vessels larger than 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, wide open to easterly winds

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ICW Anchorages (Group of Three)
Statute Mile: 54
Lat/Lon:
36 17.404 North/075 58.151 West (west, southwest of flashing daybeacon #135)
36 17.279 North/075 57.989 West (south of unlighted daybeacon #137)
36 17.172 North/075 57.818 West (southeast of flashing daybeacon #138)

Location: found along the ICW’s western and southerly flanks between unlighted daybeacons #134 and #140
Minimum Depth: 6 foot depths
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to Good, except during times of strong northerly winds

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Buck Island Anchorages (Group of three)
Statute Mile: 56
Lat/Lon:
36 16.015 North/075 57.355 West (North of Buck Island and east of flashing daybeacon #153)
36 15.389 North/075 57.252 West (South of Buck Island and east, southeast of flashing daybeacon #155)
36 15.662 North/075 56.822 West (on the southern reaches of the stream feeding from North River to shallow Goose Pond, east of Buck Island
Location: found on the waters lying about the shores of Buck Island southwest of flashing daybeacon #149
Minimum Depth: 5- to 6-feet, but watch out for crab pots and fish traps
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet on the anchorages north and south of Buck Island – sufficient room for vessels less than 40 feet on the southern reaches of the stream feeding from North River to shallow Goose Pond
Foul Weather Shelter: Good to Excellent, depending on wind direction

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Lutz Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 59
Lat/Lon: near 36 14.652 North/075 55.306 West
Location: west of Lutz Creek’s western mouth. This stream makes into the eastern banks of North River east of flashing daybeacon #159
Minimum Depth: 6-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, wide open to southwestern, western and northwester winds

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Broad Creek Anchorage (off North River)
Statute Mile: 61
Lat/Lon:: near 36 12.158 North/075 57.729 West
Location: Broad Creek cuts into North River’s western shoreline opposite flashing daybeacon #164
Minimum Depth: 5 1/2-feet, but correct identification of this anchorage can be difficult
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent

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