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Estero Island is an island located in Lee County, Florida, on the Gulf coast of Southwest Florida. It is bordered by San Carlos Island to the north and Big Carlos Pass to the south. It is bordered by San Carlos Island to the north and Big Carlos Pass to the south.
The town is situated on the north end of Estero Island, one of the barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Fort Myers, Florida. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16 km 2 ), of which 2.9 square miles (7.5 km 2 ) is land and 3.3 square miles (8.5 km 2 ) (53.41%) is water.
Lovers Key State Park is a 712-acre (2.88 km 2) Florida State Park located on Lover's Key and three other barrier islands—Black Island, Inner and Long Key. It is at 8700 Estero Blvd., Fort Myers Beach, between Big Carlos Pass and New Pass and 10.5 miles (16.9 km) west of Interstate 75 on exit 116.
In 2020, archeologists confirmed that Mound Key was the site of Fort San Antón de Carlos. Which was a Spanish fort as well as one of the first Jesuit sites in North America. The fort was abandoned in 1569, after the Spanish-Calusa alliance broke apart. The fort is also the oldest known North American example of Tabby concrete. [2]
The Matanzas Pass Bridge (also locally known as the Sky Bridge, or the Fort Myers Beach Bridge) is a bridge located in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. It carries State Road 865 (San Carlos Boulevard) between the Florida mainland (via San Carlos Island) and Estero Island, which is a major tourist destination. The bridge is one of the island's two ...
Bayfront Bistro on Fort Myers Beach was the first business to reopen on the island after Ian with a grand opening on Nov. 11, WINK reported. Co-owner Bob Rommell, who pointed at a water line that ...
At the time of the 2010 census, Estero was an unincorporated community and census-designated place, [6] but incorporated as a village on the last calendar date of 2014. [2] It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,939. [7]
Ten days after Hurricane Ian tore through his small, tight-knit waterfront community of Fort Myers Beach with a storm surge estimated as high as 18 feet, Jerry Altrip boarded a bus and made his ...