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4 unusual facts about Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway


Boca Grande Causeway

The Causeway was built parallel to the now abandoned Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway.

Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway

Passenger service to Boca Grande was discontinued shortly after the opening of the Boca Grande Causeway in 1958.

Three passenger depots existed on Gasparilla Island, with one at the north end of the island, one in downtown Boca Grande (which still stands), and one at the port at the south end of the island where boat connections could be made to nearby Useppa Island.

Punta Rassa, Florida

Soon, however, visitors relocated to Boca Grande, 70 miles north of Punta Rassa by land after the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway was completed to that destination.



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