Estero Bay (Florida)
26°24′08″N 81°52′20″W / 26.40218°N 81.87235°W
Estero Bay,
Tides play a major role in the functionality of the plant, crustaceans, mammals, and fish in the area. The bay is also the location of the Mound Key Archaeological State Park.[1][2][3]
In December 1966, the northern half of Estero Bay was designated as the state's first
preserve, the Estero Bay Preserve State Park. The southern half of the bay was added to the preserve during the 1983 Florida Legislature
session.
In 2020, archeologists confirmed that Mound Key was the site of Fort San Antón de Carlos. Which was a Spanish fort as well as one of the first
Jesuit sites in North America. The confirmation of the site of the Spanish fort also confirms the long-suspected notion that Mound Key is the former capital of the ancient Calusa chiefdom/kingdom.[4]
References
- ^ "Estero Bay Preserve State Park". Florida State Parks. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ Mcnally, Rand (2006). The Road Atlas. p. 27.
- ^ "Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve | Florida Department of Environmental Protection". floridadep.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ "Archaeologists verify Florida's Mound Key as location of elusive Spanish fort". phys.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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