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Australian pines fall along the Gulf shoreline of Bowman's Beach as the beach erodes.

Australian pines fall and along the Gulf shoreline of Sanibel's lighthouse end as the beach erodes.

Breakwater groins in front of the Casa Ybel Resort in 1952, constructed to protect the beach.

The road to Captiva was threatened by erosion as it ran at water's edge along the Gulf of Mexico. Erosional forces increased in the 1920s with hurricane action, until much of the island had been eaten away. In the late 1980s beach renourishment was initiated to slow the problem.

The Snyder Boys School on Captiva in the early 1920s. A group of boys stand on the beach with the Gulf of Mexico behind them. "The school after a plunge" [Written by Wm. Kimball on back: This is what the beach was like before Mariner developed the north shore point.]

A view from the Gulf of Mexico looking northeast to the eastern keeper quarters. Digitized as part of the Digitizing Southwest Florida Heritage Project. This project has been funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services Title supplied by cataloger.

A view along the road at the Gulf front leading to the lighthouse compound, with sea grapes, palms, and Australian pines lining the road.

The old submarine observation tower was built during World War II. The tower, keepers' quarters, and oil house also stand on Point Ybel.

Erosional forces swept trees that were too close to the shore into the ocean.