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During the late 1950s and 1960s, GALC was the largest land sales company in the United States. [2] The company is noted for its role in the development of Cape Coral, and pioneering the sales method of installment land purchases. In the late 1960s, GALC sold 173,000 mi (278,000 km) of swampland, dubbed Golden Gate Estates, to about 40,000 ...
Cape Coral from the International Space Station, 2016. Cape Coral is a city in Lee County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico.Founded in 1957, the city's population had grown to 194,016 as of the 2020 census, a 26% increase from 154,309 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-most populous city in Florida.
For any period in history, if reliable information does not narrow down the point of foundation beyond a given time period then articles should only be categorised by the most specific time period (i.e. decade, century or millennium) as indicated by reliable sources and without breaking the aforementioned scheme.
The rainfall causes flooding and a few indirect traffic deaths, and damage in the state totals $5 million (1960 USD, $36 million 2008 USD). [21] September 10, 1960– Hurricane Donna strikes near Cape Sable after crossing the Florida Keys, and after briefly moving emerging into the Gulf of Mexico makes its final landfall near Fort Myers.
Cape Coral has about 409 miles of canals: 222 miles of saltwater, 156 miles of freshwater, and 31 miles of shoreline. How often are canals maintained?
Little Pine Island is a 4,700-acre (19 km 2) development-free wildlife preserve and the former location of a sewer treatment plant. The island community of Matlacha (pronounced "mat-luh-SHAY") is east of Little Pine Island and west of the city of Cape Coral on the mainland.
The official one-day maximum is 8.15 inches on June 15, 1957, but the News-Democrat reported 13.75 inches fell at its office from 9 p.m. June 14 to 9 a.m. June 15.
SR 867A became a major route when the Cape Coral Bridge opened in 1964. The southern terminus of what was SR 867A is at an interchange with McGregor Boulevard (SR 867) in McGregor . From the southern terminus, it travels west and crosses the Caloosahatchee River via the Cape Coral Bridge into Cape Coral, Florida .