Historic Englewood Florida
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Historic Englewood Guide 2022 Page 19 adno=3855213-1 Call: 941-662-9639 7341 Sawyer Circle, Port Charlotte 941-698-4006 • M-F 8-5pm Half Day $250-$350 Full Day $350-$400 Week / Month Rent on a weekly or monthly Rental Boat Pickup Location: Cape Haze Marina 6950 Placida Road, Englewood Launch from Cape Haze Marina or We'll Deliver info@abesboatrentals.com High Quality Rental Boats at Affordable Rates. NEW & PRE-OWNED BOAT SALES Factory Authorized, Certifi ed, Trained Technicians www.AbelsMarine.com BOAT SERVICE & REPAIR • Outboard Engine Repair • Trolling Motor Service • Rigging and More 2022 2022 2022 2022 PHOTO COURTESY OF MOTE MARINE LABORATORY Dr. Eugenie Clark and Dr. Heinz Steinitz examine moray eels at Cape Haze Marine The lab grounds consisted of two wood-frame buildings. One provided work space and a library, the other was an aquarium/museum building which had tanks for housing live specimens. It had both running salt and fresh water, and was open to the public to view the collections. The public reportedly came in large numbers. There was a storage building, a 65-foot dock, two large fish pens, also a land pool for specimens, and alligator and turtle pens. The lab also claimed it owned a typewriter and adding machine. Much research on sharks was under- taken at the lab. Especially interesting was their studying of shark livers in connection with cancer research, since they said cancerous tumors were not found in sharks. Also Dr. Clark did some early research on red tide in connection with sharks. The lab enjoyed terrific success. Many world-famous scientists visited, including Jacques Cousteau. But the tiny lab quickly outgrew itself. The news that the Intracoastal Waterway was coming through Lemon Bay made the lab look for a new location. In 1960, the lab moved to Sarasota. Englewood had lost its second marine lab. With the new move came new benefac- tors — the William Mote family — and in 1967 the name Cape Haze Lab was changed to Mote Marine Laboratory.