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Boca Ratón translates to "Mouse Mouth" in English. Its name was originally labeled in the early European maps of the area as Boca de Ratones (Spanish for 'Mouth of Mice'). Boca, meaning "mouth", was a common term to describe an inlet on maps by sailors (as in a river mouth). The meaning of the word ratones for the area is less certain.
The Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex, commonly known as the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, is a nature center operated by the city of Boca Raton, Florida, in conjunction with the Gumbo Limbo Coastal Stewards (Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Inc.) and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, and located at 1801 N. Ocean Blvd. in Boca Raton.
Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the north side of Hillsboro Inlet, midway between Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. The light marks the northern limit of the Florida Reef , an underwater coral formation on the lower east coast of the state.
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An incident, which was captured by a drone and originally posted by @Wavy_Boats on Instagram, showed eight to 10 people in a three-engine fishing vessel named Halcyon leaving the Boca Raton Inlet ...
The island runs from Lake Boca and Boca Inlet on the north end through Deerfield Beach to the Hillsboro Inlet and lighthouse on the south end of the island. The north end of the island is part of Boca Raton in Palm Beach County with approximately 3000 residences, several recreational parks and two draw bridges.
Sign containing the name. The Spanish River is a former fresh-water stream which once flowed through Boca Raton, Florida.It was originally known, erroneously, as "Boca Raton's Lagoon" or "Lake Boca Ratones", a name first used in 1823—Boca Raton apparently having been originally appended to an inlet near Biscayne Bay—and later as the "Little Hillsboro", but settlers, supposing it to have ...
With Palm Beach County's 45-mile Atlantic shoreline, there are lots of beautiful beaches. A guide to local points of interest at each area beach.