This is what Sanibel is,” she said. The lighthouse is a huge symbol for people on Sanibel Island. It lost a leg during Ian (and crews are still restoring that leg) but stood strong.

Reason No. 10 why we love Sanibel's Lighthouse Beach Park: It will be open again on June 15 There will no longer be a fence or materials and other debris from Hurricane Ian to threaten a safe ...

Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel island. Credit: WINK News Many in Southwest Florida are remembering the devastation while also marking progress one year after Hurricane Ian struck the area.

That changed early Tuesday (Feb. 28) morning. Ahead of what was a spectacular sunrise on the eastern point of Sanibel, there was a relighting cermony for the famous and iconic lighthouse.

Sanibel was one of the hardest hit locations on Sept. 28, 2022 when Hurricane Ian, an intense Category 4 storm, caused catastrophic damage across the barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico.

It took 51 years of pleading — “We need a navigational aid” — to get a lighthouse built on Sanibel. That was 138 years ago. But in 1884, a 104-foot high iron lighthouse rose above the ...

What happened between Ian and Helene? The Sanibel Lighthouse got its missing leg back on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The leg was lost in Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022.

The Sanibel Lighthouse is making its comeback. Five months to the day after Hurricane Ian nearly toppled the iconic Southwest Florida structure, a ceremony was held Tuesday morning, Feb. 28, at ...

SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. — Sanibel’s lighthouse is one of the area’s most recognizable landmarks. Sitting at the southern end of the small island has withstood storms and hurricanes since the 1880s.

It took 51 years of pleading — “We need a navigational aid” — to get a lighthouse built on Sanibel. That was 138 years ago. But in 1884, a 104-foot high iron lighthouse rose above the ...

The missing leg of the iconic Sanibel Lighthouse was located this week, almost a month after Hurricane Ian ravaged the tiny island and historic landmark. The leg was found broken in three pieces ...

The Sanibel Lighthouse got its missing leg back on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The leg was lost in Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022.© Andrew West/The News-Press ...