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Coral Creek Airport [1] (FAA LID: FA54) is a private-use airport located 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Boca Grande, a community on Gasparilla Island in southwest Florida, United States. The airport itself is located in Placida in Charlotte County (specifically, on the Cape Haze Peninsula), about a mile north of the separately-owned Coral Creek Club.
Location of Boca Grande, Florida Public beach on Gulf Blvd, looking north. Boca Grande is a small residential community on Gasparilla Island in southwest Florida.Gasparilla Island is a part of both Charlotte and Lee counties, while the actual village of Boca Grande, which is home to many seasonal and some year-round residents, is entirely in the Lee County portion of the island.
The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse originally served ships transporting cattle from ports on Charlotte Harbor to Cuba. Phosphate ore from the Peace River area became an important cargo in the 1890s, and the construction of the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway to Port Boca Grande in 1909 resulted in increased traffic.
In 1897 Albert W. Gilchrist, future governor of Florida, purchased land at Boca Grande and platted it for development as a town. [ 2 ] According to Florida folklore, Gasparilla Island gets its name from the legendary pirate captain José Gaspar ("Gasparilla", c. 1756–1821), who had his base on the island and purportedly hid his fabulous ...
Boca Grande Community Center, also known as Boca Grande School, a historic site in Boca Grande, Florida; Boca Grande Quarantine Station, a historic site in Boca Grande, Florida; Boca Grande Taqueria, a restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts; Port Boca Grande Light, part of the Gasparilla Island Lights in Boca Grande, Florida
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Whidden's Marina is a historic marina in Boca Grande, Florida. It is located at 190 1st Street East. On December 28, 2000, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. This property is part of the Lee County Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.
Downtown Boca Grande Historic District is a national historic district located at Boca Grande, Florida in Lee County. The district consists of residential and commercial buildings built between 1900 and 1953. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]