When Canadian industrialist and thoroughbred horse breeder E. (Eddie) P. Taylor visited Nassau in 1945, he was intrigued by the western end of New Providence island, then patchy dirt roads and Mangrove swamps. Trained as an engineer and a successful developer in Toronto, Taylor had a vision and purchased the 2,800-acre parcel of land from Sir Harold Christie in 1955.
Taylor assembled a world-class team of community planners and landscape designers and began work on a masterfully designed luxury community. Construction began in November 1956 with acres of marshland transformed by feats of modern engineering into rolling hills, arable land, and a golf course. Roads were carved through rock, thousands of truckloads of fill were moved into place, and water diverting canals were created to finally bring Taylor’s vision of Bahamian paradise to life.
Postcards
1972 – Commercial Photographic Co. (110200 Series)
1983 – Bell Pepper Company (A97300 Series)
