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White has contributed material on a variety of topics to numerous magazines and has lectured across the United States. A resident of Southwest Florida since 1972, he lives on Sanibel Island, where he is active in South Florida civic affairs and owns the restaurant Doc Ford's Sanibel Rum Bar & Grill. [3] [4]
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.
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.
Timbers Restaurant & Fish Market and Sanibel Grill is a 44-year-old combined eatery that sits about 10 feet above ground, so it survived the basketball player-high surge along Sanibel streets but ...
The left lane is for Sanibel residents, businesses, property owners and private contractors. A valid 2021 or 2022 Sanibel re-entry permit must be prominently displayed when approaching the checkpoint.
Ford's Garage is an American chain of casual dining restaurants founded in 2012. [3] The first restaurant was opened in Fort Myers , Florida . As of December 2023, the company has 25 restaurants in six states, the majority of which are operated by 23 Restaurant Services.
The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) is an American ecosystem protection group. It was founded in 1967 on Sanibel Island , Florida to preserve the island's interior freshwater system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The non-profit's mission has since evolved to also protect and care for Southwest Florida's coastal ecosystems.
The Sanibel Causeway was completed and opened for traffic on May 26, 1963. Due to the causeway, Sanibel Island experienced major growth in the early 1970s leading to Sanibel's incorporation into Lee County's third city, which took place on November 5, 1974. Former congressman and CIA director Porter Goss served as Sanibel's first mayor.