This aerial photo shows the beginning of the Port Charlotte development with freshly dredged canals, graded roads and houses being built in some sections.

This aerial photo of the Port Charlotte development shows Waterway Circle and the first housing area. The road bisecting the photo from mid left to lower right is U.S. 41 (Tamiami Trail). The body of water in the background is Charlotte Harbor.

This aerial photo shows freshly graded roads, newly dredged canals and houses underway in Port Charlotte.

This aerial photo of the beginning of development in Port Charlotte shows a wide canal dredged to permit access to harbor waters.

This aerial view of early Port Charlotte development shows graded roads and canals being dredged.

This undated photo shows a man holding a good-sized snook on a stringer. The photo is signed "Best Regards" from a boat captain, but the last name is illegible. Dwindling populations of gamefish in the harbor has caused fishing for snook, redfish and other popular "good-eating" fish to be regulated by the state.