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Line 5: '''Shingle Creek''' is a small waterway in [[Central Florida]] that is generally considered to be the northernmost headwaters of the [[Everglades]]. It is named after the [[cypress]] trees that lined the bank in the late 1800s, which were used to make [[wood]] [[shake (shingle)\|shingles]]. The [[stream\|creek]] and surrounding areas are protected [[wetland]]s.{{Fact\|date=December 2008}} The creek begins in a [[swamp]] area of south [[Orange County, Florida\|Orange County]], [[Florida]] a few miles east of the [[International Drive]] tourist corridor and west of [[John Young Parkway]]. From there, it flows south under the [[~~Greenway~~Central Florida GreeneWay]] and [[Osceola Parkway]] to [[Kissimmee]] in [[Osceola County, Florida\|Osceola County]], where it turns directly east and flows into [[Lake Tohopekaliga]]; then into the [[Kissimmee River]] system to south Florida and the Everglades. Name associations include: the Shingle Creek Resort, Shingle Creek Elementary School, and the Shingle Creek Toll Plaza on Osceola Parkway.

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