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Captiva is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. It is located on Captiva Island. As of the 2020 census, the population was 318, [4] down from 583 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Lee. North Captiva Island is an island in Lee County in Southwest Florida, located just offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. It lies just north of Captiva Island, separated by a channel called Redfish Pass which was created in a 1921 hurricane. It lies just south of Cayo Costa Island, separated by Captiva Pass. [1]
Cayo Costa State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Florida, on Cayo Costa (formerly known as La Costa Island or Padilla Rancho), an island directly south of Boca Grande (Gasparilla Island) and just north of North Captiva Island, approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Cape Coral. The park is accessible only by charter boat (with or ...
South Florida is made up of a lot of low-lying areas near the water, and as the sea rises, king tides will reach farther and farther inland. It overwhelms storm drains, stops traffic routes and ...
In the upper Florida Keys Palm Beach Island: 8.12 square miles (21.0 km 2) Palm Beach Barrier island Palm Island: Miami-Dade Artificial island in Biscayne Bay Palm Key: Monroe In Florida Bay: Paradise Island: Osceola In Lake Tohopekaliga Park Key: 70 acres (28 ha) Monroe In the lower Florida Keys Peanut Island: 0.32 square kilometres (0.12 sq ...
13000853. Added to NRHP. 23 October 2013 [1] Captiva School and Chapel-by-the-Sea Historic District is a national historic district located at Captiva, Florida in Lee County. It includes an early one-room schoolhouse, built in 1901 and transformed into a Methodist mission church in 1921. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places ...
Sanibel is an island and city in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,382 at the 2020 census, [4] down from 6,469 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The island, also known as Sanibel Island, constitutes the entire city. It is a barrier island —a collection of ...
The 5200 acre (21 km 2) refuge was established in 1945, to protect one of the country's largest undeveloped mangrove ecosystems. The J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of the following: the Darling Refuge itself, and the Caloosahatchee, Island Bay, Matlacha, and Pine Island National Wildlife Refuges.