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A heart-shaped sculpture layered with shells and an original mural painting will mark a milestone for the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce this yea
With the beaches of Sanibel and Captiva well-known for their seashells — and for the collection of them — it is no surprise that the community holds the old
The country's longest running and most prestigious competition, the 85th Sanibel Shell Festival will be held on March 3-5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Community
Organizers find reimagined ways to continue shell fest tradition By STAFF REPORT / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | Mar 2, 2021 Like many annual events planned for the islands, this year’s shell festival — typically put on and coordinated by three different groups — is going to look a little different due to the pandemic. During a normal year, the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club, Sanibel Community Association and Shell Crafters partner to put on the popular Annual Sanibel Shell Festival at The Community House. There is a juried show inside with artistic and scientific entries, plus an auth...
Atlanta Magazine Shell Game on Sanibel Island Score the perfect souvenir on Sanibel Island Caroline C. Kilgore The Gulf Coast beaches are considered the best in North America for shelling, and nowhere is this more evident than along South Florida’s Lee Island Coast, a fifty-mile stretch of white, sandy coastline studded with more than 100 barrier islands. Sanibel Island—christened Costa de Caracoles or “Coast of Seashells” by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon—is the crown jewel. Taking advantage of an atypical east-west orientation, this twelve-mile-long, three-mile-wide island, r...