Boaters anchor themselves to the navigational lock wall as the canal-side gates close. After the canal-side gates closed, lakeside gates opened and rushing Lake Okeechobee waters were admitted into the enclosed area. While the lakeside gates open, boaters get ready to exit the navigational lock. In the background are the closed canal-side gates and the St. Lucie Canal. With the canal-side gates closed behind them and the lakeside gates open before them, a boater slowly exits from the navigational lock.
Boaters leave the navigational lock and head out into the open waters of Lake Okeechobee.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer personnel overlooks the closing of the lakeside gates. Lake Okeechobee is in the background. The lakeside gates in their closed position. Once these gates closed, the canal-side gates were reopened.