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Sports venues in Fort Myers, Florida (9 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Fort Myers, Florida" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Lakes Regional Park (often called Lakes Park) is a 279-acre public park located along Gladiolus Drive just south of Fort Myers, Florida. It opened on April 21, 1984, and is operated by the Lee County Department of Parks and Recreation. The park was named after its main feature: 158 acres of man-made freshwater lakes.
The population of Fort Myers City had been 575 citizens in 1890. By 1930, it had climbed to 9,082. [44] In 1947, Mina Edison deeded Seminole Lodge to the city of Fort Myers, in memory of her late husband and for the enjoyment of the public. By 1988, the adjacent Henry Ford winter estate was purchased by the city and opened for public tours in 1990.
The Fort Myers Downtown Commercial District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on January 26, 1990) located in Fort Myers, Florida. The district is bounded by Bay and Lee Streets, Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Monroe Street. It contains 69 historic buildings. The area is notable for being made up primarily of local shops.
The research library contains over a thousand books on Fort Myers history and botany, as well as biographies on Thomas Edison and Henry Ford and their families. [ 9 ] Open to the public since 1947, Edison Ford Winter Estates receives more than 200,000 visitors annually. [ 10 ]
Billy's Creek [1] is a creek in Fort Myers, Florida. It is a tributary of the Caloosahatchee River [ 2 ] and contains mangrove vegetation. [ 3 ] The creek was named after the Seminole chief Billy Bowlegs [ 4 ] who was forced to surrender there by United States forces in 1858. [ 5 ]
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