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South Gulf Cove is a unique Deed Restricted/Waterfront community built on approximately 6,2000 acres, with 15,053 deeded lots of which 4,734 are waterfront. South Gulf Cove has over a hundred miles of roads within its borders.
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South Gulf Cove has 126 canals totaling approximately 55 miles with both fresh and salt-water fish. The canal system in South Gulf Cove makes up a little more than 1/3 (one third) of all the canals in Charlotte County. The man-made canals have made South Gulf Cove an island connected by four bridges. The Interceptor Lagoon leads to a lock providing access to the Charlotte Harbor, the Gulf of Mexico and the world!
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South Gulf Cove home sites may be waterfront and some are not (dry-lots). The waterfront home sites may have sea walls or a natural canal frontage. Some home sites are sailboat accessible with no bridges to go under, other home sites have one bridge with a 10-foot clearance to go under.
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South Gulf Cove increases the number of homes each year. Presently there are approximately 1,000 existing homes with new homes being built each year.
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South Gulf Cove is centrally located between Sarasota and Fort Myers. Only ten minutes from regional shopping centers, great boutiques, art galleries and nature preserves.
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South Gulf Cove is near to exceptional golf courses, pristine beaches for sunbathing, shelling or watching beautiful sunsets, and the world-renowned tarpon fishing in nearby Boca Grande Pass.
South Gulf Cove is a vibrant community with an active Homeowners Association, Yacht Club, and Red Hat Chapter. There is a real sense of community and attracts both seniors and young families.
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Rotonda Lakes
It is an unusual subdivision, in that it is shaped like an incomplete wagon wheel. A closed, fresh-water canal system surrounds the outside of the "wheel" and travels inside each of the pie-shaped wedges forming the subdivisions of the development. The development is linked to land by three bridges that cross over this canal system to the mainland. A protected wetland to the south prevents development of that area. Alligators, bald eagles, great blue herons, egrets, and many other birds and animals inhabit the area.Although the area struggled for a while during the real estate bust period of the 1980's, in 2005 it is one of the hottest areas to build in, with development escalating in nearly all of the sections and several new golf courses.
Many of the homeowners are seasonal "snowbirds" from northern states and only live in the area part-time during the winter.
Rotonda Sands
North Port is located between Naples and Tampa on Florida's Gulf Coast. It has easy access to three airports and is close to many area Gulf beaches, but is a city unto itself. The city hosts many cultural events and is only 40 minutes away from Sarasota and Fort Meyers.Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary, as well as VFW, Elks, The American Legion and the Marine Corps. League call North Port home. The city also has a very strong Chamber of Commerce.
The City of North Port has 25 churches, including five for its 3,000 strong Ukrainian population.
A major attraction is the Warm Mineral Springs Spa, which is just a short drive away. The naturally heated lake keeps a constant temperature of 87 degrees. Thousands of visitors from all over the world enjoy the mineral rich waters.
Charlotte County is in southwest Florida, north of Ft. Myers, and is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico, Charlotte Harbor, and Sarasota, De Soto, Glades, and Lee counties. The county has 127 square miles of water. The average January temperature is 64.0 degrees F, and the average August temperature is 81.9 degrees F. The average annual rainfall is 52.55 inches.
Port Charlotte, uninc. town (1990 pop. 41,535), Charlotte co., SW Fla., on Charlotte Harbor (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico) and the Peace and Myakka rivers. It is a planned residential community—one of several on a peninsula once owned by the Vanderbilt family. The area, formerly cattle pasture land, is now popular with retirees and vacationers. Port Charlotte has 145 mi (233 km) of artificial waterways, many with access to the Gulf of Mexico; 38 mi (61 km) of natural shoreline; and 42 bridges. The Cultural Center of Charlotte County and the Florida Bat Center are there. The population increased significantly in the late 20th cent., and the town suffered significant damage from Hurricane Charley in 2004.
History
Charlotte County was established in 1921 from a portion of De Soto County and named for Charlotte Harbor. Charlotte may be a corruption of Carlos or Calos, words associated with the Calusa, the Indian group in southwest Florida at the time of Spanish contact. During the 1970s Charlotte County became one of Florida's fastest growing counties.
