| |  | | | Pine Island Sound is located in Lee County, Florida, lying between Pine Island and the barrier islands of Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, North Captiva Island and Cayo Costa, which separate the Sound from the Gulf of Mexico. The Sound connects to Gasparilla Sound and Charlotte Harbor to the north, and to San Carlos Bay and the Caloosahatchee River to the south. The Sound is conterminous with the Pine Island Sound Aquatic Preserve, which was established in 1970 and consists of 54,000 acres (220 k... |
| |  | | | South Seas Island Resort is a 330-acre (1.3 km2) resort located on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in the community of Captiva on Captiva Island, 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. Chadwick owned much of Captiva and portions of nearby Sanibel, making his fortune inventing the Checkprinter i... |
| |  | Cities in Lee County, Florida, Cape Coral, Florida, Populated places on Charlotte Harbor, Cities in Florida, Former census-designated places in Florida, Planned communities in Florida, Hidden categories:, Articles with inconsistent citation formats, All articles with dead external links, Articles with dead external links from April 2014, Use mdy dates from February 2013, Coordinates on Wikidata, Settlement articles requiring maintenance, All articles with unsourced statements, Articles with unso... | | Cape Coral- �k�r�l- is a city located in Lee County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico. Founded in 1957 and developed as a master-planned, pre-platted community, the city grew to a population of 154,305 by the year 2010. The citys population estimate was 165,831 for 2013. With an area of 120 square miles (310 km2), Cape Coral is the largest city between Tampa and Miami. It is a principal city in the Cape Coral � Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The populatio... |