By the early 19th century, the town was becoming a summer community for wealthy Savannahians.

Originally almost entirely a summer community, over half of the houses are now winterized.

Estling Lake is a private summer community, which has some full year residents.

Over the summer communities held information meetings and walked along the proposed dune line with state officials.

A bustling summer community grew in the village but by the 1960's most of the residents lived there year round.

The black summer community she is so proud of might have made sense when her family first visited the island in 1956.

This used to be a summer community, and we would get rentals constantly.

The produce was delivered by boat to local hotels and summer communities.

It was just a summer community then, with the tall grass and the beach.

Indian lake continued as a summer community for many years.