Welcome to Ft. Myers Beach Florida! A great community to live or vacation in.

Over 200 years ago, pirates sailed in and out of the islands along the southwestern gulf shores of Florida: Ft. Myers Beach (Estero and San Carlos Islands), Sanibel and Captiva, and Bonita Beach leaving treasures under the water. There are still many treasures here for you to enjoy and I hope my island tour will help you discover them.

The Ft. Myers Beach area consists of Estero and San Carlos islands. Estero is seven miles of white sandy beaches on the glistening blue-green Gulf of Mexico. The island's original name was Crescent Beach because of the shape of the perimeter of the island.


In the early 1900's, the Koreshan Unity Society , a religious group, built the first structure on the south end of the island. By the early 1920's, the church fathers sold off all the land keeping one cottage for their use. The Koreshan Historical Society still owns the cottage.

At the turn of the century, the only way to get to Crescent Beach was by boat. eventually some beautiful stone arches were built on San Carlos Island that led to a single lane wooden bridge. As time passed and residents increased, the arches were replaced with a swing bridge that would open to incoming and outgoing boat traffic. As the boats increased, the swing bridge was replaced with our Sky Bridge giving breathtaking views of the "World's Safest Beach."

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