b'2007, Closure of the Southway Courtesy, Kelsey-Kennard Photographers2006 took away an important outlet to the Atlantic from Stage Harbor and Outermost Harbor as South Beach sand rolled far enough west to join South Monomoy Island.On November 23, 2006, a Thanksgiving-Day blow moved enough sand to seal the outlet and prevent any passage of boats.Traditional navigation routes around Monomoy for shellfishermen and fishermen were lost.2007, New InletCourtesy, Kelsey-Kennard PhotographersF ive months later, April, 2007, a Patriots- Day Noreaster washed over North Beach across from Ministers Point (a.k.a. Allen Point, right center of photo).This photo, May 4, 2007, shows how quickly the 2007 inlet was formed by surging and falling tides (lower left of photo).Historically, that breakthrough was a repeat of the break through Nauset Beach in the days of William Nickerson (late 1600s, page 3), then again in 1846 (page 4).The 2007 recurrence supports the theory of an approximate 160-year cycle of Chatham barrier beach evolution.The photo shows the 1987 inlet to Chatham Harbor (upper left) as well as the two-week-old 2007 inlet to Chatham Harbor and Pleasant Bay. Between the 1987 inlet and the 2007 inlet is the newly formed North Beach Island.Further deterioration of North Beach Island will endanger camps remaining from the times when Nauset Beach was longer and vehicles could access those camps from Orleans. 12'