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Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center was a 400-bed general hospital in Fort Myers, Florida. [1] Then Ft Myers Community Hospital was originally developed by a subsidiary of Basic American Industries (BAI) called Basic American Medical in 1974. BAI was based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The first Executive Director of the hospital was John Gass.
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.
Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in and the county seat [7] of Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 86,395; it was estimated to have grown to 95,949 in 2022, making it the 25th-most populous city in Florida. [ 5 ]
The Florida Reef (also known as the Great Florida Reef, Florida reefs, Florida Reef Tract and Florida Keys Reef Tract) is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States. [1]
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 ]
A cargo ship that was sunk as an artificial reef off Florida Keys after heavy fire damage. 24°52′11″N 80°34′13″W / 24.86972°N 80.57028°W / 24.86972; -80.57028 ( Eagle El Gallo Indiano
The "FM" on the fuselage indicates this is a Buckingham AAF (Fort Myers) aircraft. A formation of four AT-6 aircraft wing their way along the Caloosahatchee River above east Fort Myers to the Buckingham Flexible Gunnery School's range over the Gulf of Mexico (ca 1945). The plane on the right carries the tow target.
The Matanzas Pass Bridge (also locally known as the Sky Bridge, or the Fort Myers Beach Bridge) is a bridge located in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. It carries State Road 865 (San Carlos Boulevard) between the Florida mainland (via San Carlos Island) and Estero Island, which is a major tourist destination.