Quote Originally Posted by Taboma View Post
OK found that SW exit to the river. Just wanted to make sure I was looking in the right area. That whole area is huge, never imagined so many canals, like a maze.
Looking close up at the aerials it appears there's a lock right at Cape Harbor just west of the launch ramp --- why a lock ? Aren't all those canals at sea level anyway ?
Do they open the locks for the manatees ?
I think you found where we come out, we go into that same canal, but when going home (North) we go to the right instead of the left towards the lock, I've tried to find out what the deal is with the lock, but it's confusing, the one thing I will tell you is I wouldn't buy back behind it and it's not going away.

I'm being told years ago it was put in the try and keep the brackish water from back in that area, but over the years they've found out it does nothing, other than slow boat traffic down.

On most Saturdays there's a line of boats to get in and out of that dahm thing, I'm not that patient, we didn't even consider a place back there, we wanted a house as close to the river as we could afford, they've been trying to get rid of the silly lock for years but the Feds won't let the City of Cape Coral remove it, who would've guessed that...................lmao.