St. Anne des Lacs was a rural shrine built about 1920 by French-speaking Catholics on Lake St. Anne, a lake of about 15 acres (6 ha), located about six miles (10 km) east of Lake Wales, Florida[1][2] and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of S.R. 60. It was built of stone, a rare and rarely used material in Florida. The shrine included the church, and an elaborate set of statuary which made up the stations of the cross, and which were spread through the surrounding woods on a set of trails. A statue of Saint Anne stood in the lake itself on a raised stone platform, creating a very evocative scene.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939). Florida: A Guide To The Southern Most State: A Guide to the Southernmost State. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 466. ISBN 0403021618. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Stockbridge, Frank Parker; Perry, John Holliday (1938). So this is Florida. John H. Perry Publishing. p. 162. Retrieved September 10, 2015.