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| | Southwest Florida : Introduction | Frommers.com |
 | | Once a desolate two-lane road connecting Southeast Florida with the Gulf Coast, Alligator Alley is still pretty quiet, but hardly lifeless thanks to the presence of the egrets, wood storks, owls, herons, osprey, red-shouldered hawks, belted kingfishers and, of course, alligators that call the area behind the fenced-in, protected shoulders home. |
 | | Bordered on the east by the Everglades and on the west by an intriguing island-studded coast, Southwest Florida traces its nature-loving roots to inventor and amateur botanist Thomas A. Edison, who was so enamored of it that he spent his last 46 winters in Fort Myers. |
 | | Southwest Florida International Airport, on the eastern outskirts of Fort Myers, is this region's major airport. |
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