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Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park is a 46,000-acre (190 km 2) Florida State Park, composed of islands and land that surrounds Charlotte Harbor. It is part of the Southwest Florida Water Management District and protects the Gasparilla Sound / Charlotte Harbor, Cape Haze , Matlacha Pass , and Pine Island Sound aquatic preserves. [ 1 ]
Harborwalk is a 2.4-mile (3.9 km) multi-use recreational trail located in Punta Gorda which runs along the Charlotte Harbor and the Peace River. Route description [ edit ]
CR 765 enters Charlotte County just northeast of Burnt Store Marina (located in Lee County). From the county line, it expands to four lanes and heads north. It runs along the eastern border of the Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park before coming to an intersection with US 41 (Tamiami Trail) in South Punta Gorda Heights.
Charlotte Harbor is located at (26.963897, -82.062267) [6] on the north bank of the Peace River, the main tidal inlet to the Charlotte Harbor estuary, itself an arm of the Gulf of Mexico U.S. Route 41 , the Tamiami Trail , crosses the Peace River between Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda via the Barron Collier Bridge (northbound) and the ...
The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway is a historic railroad line that at its greatest extent serviced Gasparilla Island in Charlotte Harbor and a major shipping port that once operated there. The railroad's principal purpose was to transport phosphate mined along the Peace River and in the Bone Valley region of Central Florida to the port ...
Charlotte Harbor as seen from Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda. The Charlotte Harbor of the present day is a harbor mainly for privately owned pleasure craft and fishing boats. [citation needed] The area thrives partly due to tourism. There are also numerous retirement communities in the Charlotte Harbor area.
The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway, which served Gasparilla Island, existed from 1907 until 1981. [2] Charlotte County gained ownership of the right of way in 1985, and the first portion of the trail was built in 1999 from the Mercer trailhead to Rotonda Boulevard. It was extended over Coral Creek to the Coral Creek Golf Club in 2005.
Location of Charlotte County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Charlotte County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...