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Collier County[1]- also known as The Paradise Coast - is in Southwest Florida.By land area, Collier is the largest county in Florida, but more than 80% of the land is comprised of park and nature preserves. Many Florida vacationers refer to the unspoiled land as Florida’s Last Paradise.

Collier County has a rich and storied history. Before French and Spanish settlers dominated the region, the Calusa Indians inhabited the area. In the early 1900’s, pioneer settlers began setting up cattle ranches and farms. The 1920’s brought wealthy settlers who sought relaxation, sunshine and white sand beaches.

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• Everglades City
• Marco Island
• Naples

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• Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park – Approximately twenty miles long and five miles wide, the Fakahatchee Strand is a swamp forest that hosts a number of rare and endangered tropical plant species. It is the only place in the world where bald cypress trees and royal palms share the forest canopy. Wildlife such as the Florida panther, American alligator, White-tailed deer and Black bear may be spotted.
• Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, 20 miles southeast of Naples, and south of SR 41 near Goodland, [2]. A chain of mangrove islets off the coast, one of the largest expanses of mangrove estuary in North America. About 30% of the refuge (8,000 acres) is mangrove forest, 16,000 acres marine water, and 11,000 acres is freshwater marshland and other habitat.

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• Hendry County - north
• Broward County - east
• Miami-Dade County - southeast
• Monroe County - south
• Lee County - northwest

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