Bokeelia

Geography

Bokeelia is located in western Lee County. It sits at the northern end of Pine Island and is bordered by water on three sides: Pine Island Sound to the west, Charlotte Harbor to the north, and Matlacha Pass to the east. Bokeelia is bordered to the south by the unincorporated communities of Pineland and Pine Island Center. The original settlement of Bokeelia is on Bokeelia Island, connected to Pine Island by a short bridge on Stringfellow Road (County Road 767), the main road through the community, and which ends at the town's short Main Street along Charlotte Harbor. To the south Stringfellow Road leads to Pine Island Center, from where County Road 78 leads west to Cape Coral on the mainland. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bokeelia CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 19.87%, are water. Little Bokeelia Island, formerly owned by Charles Burgess, is a private island off Bokeelia.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,995
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,234
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,626
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,248
• White Ibis

  Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,621
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,299
• Osprey

  Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,251
• Fish Crow

  Corvus ossifragus A.Wilson, 1812 · Aves
  4,173