Usually we think of the swamp getting higher …
The farther you get from the coast.
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| Can you see the circular green spot? That’s Chokoloskee Island. It didn’t have road access to the mainland until 1953. |
Chokoloskee is the exception.
It rounds out at about 20 feet above sea level.
It was the original gateway into the swamp for the region’s first inhabitants, the Calusa Tribe.
