Light chop on the open Choctawhatchee Bay near the 331 Bridge .
The most challenging stretch of the entire Gulf Intracoastal Waterway — the “ Little Grand Canyon ”— which marks the highest point in elevation between the bays . The massive volume of sand and clay that had to be dredged and relocated created 40-foot bluffs on either side of the canal . The cut was first opened to navigation in 1938 but was closed for a time due to the erosion of the bluffs that eventually returned much of the sediment to the canal . Today the Little Grand Canyon is a popular stopping point for recreational boaters .
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