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Hurricane evacuation signage - Sanibel island, Florida, USA..Sanibel island was...

Caption: Hurricane evacuation signage - Sanibel island, Florida, USA..Sanibel island was wiped out by Hurricane Ian in 2022..Sanibel?is an island and city in?Lee County, Florida, United States.?It is part of the?Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The island, also known as?Sanibel Island, constitutes the entire city. It is a?barrier island--a collection of sand on the?leeward?side of the more solid coral-rock of?Pine Island..Due to easy causeway access, Sanibel is a popular tourist destination known for its shell beaches and wildlife refuges. More than half of the island is made up of wildlife refuges, the largest being?J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge..Sanibel and?Captiva?formed as one island about 6,000 years ago. The first known humans in the area were the?Calusa, who arrived about 2,500 years ago.?The Calusa were a powerful?Indian?nation who came to dominate most of Southwest Florida through trade via their elaborate system of canals and waterways. Sanibel remained an important Calusa settlement until the collapse of their empire, soon after the arrival of the?Europeans..GTPhoto is a full Florida agency with multiple resident photographers covering all subjects state wide, topside & underwater, Naples and the west coast.
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