Free Quarterly Guide for Exploring, Vacationing and Visiting Pine Island Florida
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D E S T I N A T I O N
Summer 2010
5 Welcome to Pine Island
5 Annual “Mango Mania”
6 Pine Island Events
7 2010 Hurricane Names
8 Island History by City
10 Community Development Contacts
10 Household Utilities
11 Dehydration Tips
12 Summertime on Pine Island
13 Online Pine Island Event Calendar
14 Living on “Island Time”
15 Fruits of Pine Island
16 Restaurant Guide
18 Island points of Interest
19 The Randell Research Center
19 Who Painted the Phone Poles
20 Nautical Superstitions
21 Local Birds
22 Summer Investment Strategy?
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28 Art Galleries of Pine Island
30 Local Tide Charts
31 Lee County Boat Ramps
34 12 Months of Fishing
35 Fishing in Southwest Florida
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I have several businesses from a T-
“Destination Pine Island” is owned and operated locally by Nautical Mile Publications. Our office publishes several publications and 2 online event calendars, including the Pine Island Events Calendar, www.pineislandwebsite.com
Our “Anchor” business is a free monthly guide to the boating community of Lee County called the “Nautical Mile”. This is a 7 year old publication, 56 pages, 8,000 to 10,000 monthly and available for free in about 165 Lee area locations. We created the Destination Pine Island, this quarterly guide, two years ago to help visitors and new residents find their way around Pine Island. The island is roughly 17 miles long and draws an estimated 30,000 visitors each year. From peace & quiet to great fresh local seafood, you’re in the right place. If there’s anything that you would like to see added to this guide, or for any island questions at all, please contact us.
Pine Island is truly a unique place, mostly because of the people that make up its
communities. Our population is fairly low and most of us know and trust each other.
We have our own feed and supply store, several “home-
I would have to say that my favorite thing about living here is to get up at 5am,
kayak out into the bay in the dark and watch the sunrise while catching a redfish
for dinner. How many people start out their day like that? I do 2-
I need to thank the businesses that support this paper. Most have been with us from day 1, which was a test to see if the demand was there, and boy is it! They said they would support us if we built it, and they did. Thank you.
Enjoy your stay, weather 1 day or 6 months, and call me personally if I can help
with anything. (239) 980-
jim@thenauticalmile.net
