The Great Caloosahatchee River

The Caloosahatchee River is a river on the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States, approximately 67 miles long. It drains the rural areas on the north western edge of the Everglades, east of Fort Myers. An important link in the Okeechobee Waterway, a man made inland waterway system of southern Florida, the river forms a tidal estuary along most of its course and has become the subject of efforts to restore and preserve the Everglades.