The following is edited from a July 5, 2015, article in the News-Press entitled “From Monkey Joe to Battista, how Estero Bay was named” by Andrea Stetson.
Estero Bay has islands with names including Davis Key, Little Davis Key and Charlie Key. There is Porpoise Key and Grassy Key. Sister Island is just east of Broadway Channel. Monkey Joe Key is between Goombs Point and Davis Key and Coffee Can Cove is about 200 feet west of Coconut Point. Battista Island, one of the largest, is located between Hogue Channel and Estero Bay. There’s also the more well known Lovers Key and Black Island and Mound Key.
There are 128 islands in Estero Bay and about 60 of them have documented names…