EVERGLADES AND 10,000 ISLANDS FLORIDA OF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COAST SOUTH OF MARCO ISLAND FLORIDA INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIVITIES AND SIGHTSEEING, ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKS, PHOTOS, FISHING, CAMPING, MARINA FACILITIES AND SERVICES, HISTORY AND CULTURE, MUSEUMS, CHOKOLOSKEE, EVERGLADES CITY

Everglades Area Chamber of Commerce

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The Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands is a rare and beautiful place. It is one of North America's unsung wild places - a beautiful, rugged, subtropical landscape experienced by a relatively few adventurous souls each year. Many who appreciate the unique qualities of this wilderness will argue that it is a place better kept secret. Perhaps, in my quest for solitude and a deeply personal communion with nature, I might ordinarily agree. But I also feel that it is a resource important not only for its natural heritage and spiritually enriching powers, but for its commercial and recreational values as well.

Jeff Ripple
The author of Southwest Florida's Wetland Wilderness.