Crooked River (Florida)

{{short description|Waterway in Franklin County, Florida, US}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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Crooked River is a waterway in Franklin County, Florida, that connects the tidal estuary of the Ochlockonee River to a junction with the tidal Carrabelle River and the New River above the town of Carrabelle, Florida. The Crooked River channel is {{convert|41|km|mi}} long, while its ends are {{convert|24|km|mi}} apart.{{cite journal|last=Dury|first=G. H.|title=Channel Characteristics in a Meandering Tidal Channel: Crooked River, Florida|journal=Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography|year=1971|volume=53|issue=3/4|pages=188–197|jstor=520788}}

The Crooked River is sometimes described as a principal tributary of the Ochlockonee River,{{cite web|title=Ochlockonee River|url=http://www.talltimbers.org/images/ttlc/OchlockoneeRiver.pdf|accessdate=29 May 2012}}{{cite web|title=Ochlockonee|url=http://www.brownsguides.com/images/riverposters/ochlockonee.pdf|publisher=Brown's Guides|accessdate=29 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221121323/http://www.brownsguides.com/images/riverposters/ochlockonee.pdf|archivedate=21 December 2010}} while G.H. Dury described the Crooked River as a tidal channel connecting the Carrabelle River with the Ochlockonee River, separating St. James Island from the mainland.

Segment Five (Crooked River/St. Marks Refuge) of the Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail runs through the length of Crooked River.{{Cite web |title=Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail - Segment 5: Crooked River/St. Marks Refuge |url=https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/Segment%205%20Maps%2012_13_22.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=Florida Department of Environmental Protection}}