Did you say, “What’s at the Shell Factory & Nature Park”?  Why not take a look at the map by either clicking on the map to see a larger picture or by clicking on this link.

Why not get out your Christmas shopping list out and head on out to the Shell Factory.  You will be surprised how many items you will find at the Shell Factory; from jewelry, pearls, toys, stuffed animals, hermit crabs & hermit crab houses, Starfish coffee,  shells, coral, conchs, sealife, fossils, specimen shells, dishes, cooking supplies for barbeques; cards, candies, fudge, clothing, Christmas shop filled with every Christmas item you can imagine, red white and blue section, and so much more! You can do all your holiday shopping in one location this year by shopping at the Shell Factory!

Guess What? They even have a post office so you can mail your packages off from the Shell Factory while you’re there! Now, what can be better than that!

Don’t forget to stop at the Coffee shop for an iced Green Tea Latte. They are fantastic! Or catch lunch and/or supper at Capt’n Fishbones, while the kid’s play miniature golf and have water fights in the water bumper boats!

Then wonder on over to the Nature Park to see their new Dinosaur Section and don’t forget to go to the Petting Zoo to pet & visit the animals there.

The Shell Factory celebrated their 70th Anniversary on Monday, October 22, 2007 which kicks off 70 days of events. Everyday until the end of the year there will be a different event going on. To see the events for today and until the end of the year, click on the image below to see a larger image of the events calendar for this special celebration!

You can find an article about this very special celebration on both the North Fort Myers Neighbor and Cape Coral Breeze and both articles were written by Andrea Galabinski.

The Shell Factory has been around for 70 years of pure enjoyment for families over the years.  Generations of families in the area and outside of our area keep coming back to enjoy the Shell Factory and Nature Park.  There is never a dull moment at the Shell Factory, as they have so many events going on daily.

I, like others in Southwest Florida, have very fond memories at the Shell Factory.  I came as a small child with my mother, then as a teen with my school, as an adult with my sons, and now with my grandkids.

The Shell Factory is a place you can come over and over and every time you will see something new.  Each of us have a bit of kid in us and the Shell Factory seems to bring the kid out in all of us.

It’s a place to come and smile and just have a great time; from enjoying a great meal at Capt’n Fishbones, to exploring the millions of shells & coral inside the Shell Factory to feeding the animals in the Nature Park.  The Shell Factory is a great family event place!

Please come join us as we celebrate our 70th anniversary at the Shell Factory which has been entertaining us Floridians and others alike.

Click on link or image above to see larger image.

Photograph by Alene Greto (10-22-2007)

The Shell Factory and Nature Park, which is located in North Fort Myers, Florida, has long been one of Southwest Florida #1 attraction. Everyday you can find something new happening at the Shell Factory. Today there is a pig parade going on!
The Shell Factory is a place where people have been coming for 70 years! Generations upon generations come back bringing their kids and grandkids. It’s a place you’ll never forget, from the animals in the Nature Park, where dinosaurs have been spotted, Capt’n Fishbones’ Restaurant, bumper boats, miniature golf, Waltzing Water show, unlimited Shells, fossils, coral, hermit crabs, jewelry, pearls, candy and other food items, candles, toys, Christmas store, glass blowing, and so, so much more!!

Come and make some new memories at the Shell Factory and Nature Park, located at 2787 North Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers, FL 33903.

Phone: 239-995-2141 or 800-282-5805

Recently when the Shell has a visitor, priest Father Fritz Ligonde, there to bless the animals at the Shell Factory’s Nature Park, the local news was there too.

You can read the complete article written by Ella Nayor of Florida Weekly by clicking here.

The blessing of the animals is an annual event at the Shell Factory’s Nature Park, and is done in honor of the Catholic celebration of St. Francis of Assisi. This year there were around 200 animals that were blessed during this event at the Nature Park, in North Fort Myers, Florida.

Click on the article link to read another story written by Ella Nayor of the Florida Weekly about the Shell Factory’s Natures Park entitled, Dinosaur park new at Shell Factory.

Photograph by Alene Greto

Photograph by Alene Greto

Photograph by Alene Greto

Photograph by Alene Greto