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A flock of Royal Terns in flight above the western beach of Upper Captiva Island. 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.
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 ...
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.
Barrier island Captiva Island: 4 square miles (10 km 2) Lee: Barrier island Cayo Costa: 2,506 acres (1,014 ha) Lee Barrier island Cedar Key: Levy One of the Cedar Keys Chokoloskee Island: 0.23 square miles (0.60 km 2) Collier In the Ten Thousand Islands City Island: 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2) Volusia: In the Intracoastal Waterway: Clearwater ...
As early as 1912, automobile ferries serviced Sanibel Island from the mainland at Punta Rassa. The idea of building a bridge from the mainland to the island was highly controversial amongst the early residents of the island, as many thought a bridge would ruin the beauty and isolated feel of the island, although one of the largest proponents of building a bridge was island resident Hugo ...
South Seas Island Resort is a 330-acre (1.3 km 2) resort located on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in the community of Captiva in Lee County, Florida.The original resort, South Seas Plantation, was opened in 1946 as a fishing resort by Clarence Chadwick, following a dry hurricane (salt-water storm surge kills the plants) which ended commercial farming on the island.
Palm Beach Island, Florida. A Palm Beach Island vacation is all about sun, sand, and surf. ... Captiva Island, Florida. South Seas resort boasts 2.5 miles of coastline along the Gulf of Mexico.