Coral Harbour is located on the southern shores of New Providence. In 1955, the Hotel Encourage Act (Coral Harbour Development) authorised the development of Coral Harbour by agreement with Lenora Balsey Hopkins, The Carl Fisher Company, Lindsey Hopkins Jr, and Sara Hopins Ludwig. Lenora and Lindsay Hopkins were the widow and son…
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Bahamas Philately: New Providence – Cable Beach
Cable Beach is a beach and resort destination on the northern coast of New Providence, Bahamas. The name is believed to have derived from an 1892 submarine telegraph cable linking Jupiter, Florida, USA to Goodman’s Bay, Nassau. Tourism in the area dates back as early as the 1940s, and…
View More Bahamas Philately: New Providence – Cable BeachBahamas Philately: Eleuthera – Winding Bay
Winding Bay Beach is nestled between Rock Sound and Tarpum Bay on Eleuthera. It is considered as one of Eleuthera’s prettiest pink sand beaches. Hotels, Clubs & Accommodation Winding Bay Beach Cottages Postcards 1979 – Acme Press (Type 1)
View More Bahamas Philately: Eleuthera – Winding BayBahamas Philately: Eleuthera – Rock Sound
The major settlement of Rock Sound in South Eleuthera was originally called New Portsmouth. At one stage it was also called Wreck Sound, because of the wrecking of ships out on the reefs. Many feel that Rock Sound is very appropriate, because of a large rock located between the…
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Wemyss Bight is a settlement in South Eleuthera. POSTAL SERVICES Sub Post Office
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Lucaya is a suburb of Freeport, Bahamas, a city on the island of Grand Bahama. The area was developed as part of the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s redevelopment of Freeport/Lucaya. While the western portion of Freeport was developed for industrial and commercial use, the eastern portion of Lucaya was developed…
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West End (also referred to as Settlement Point) is the oldest town and westernmost settlement on Grand Bahama. Since the 1950s, the settlement of West End has fluctuated with the rise and fall of the adjacent resort developments. Records from West End show that the population in 1836 was…
View More Bahamas Philately: Grand Bahama – West EndBahamas Philately: Crooked Island
Crooked Island is part of a group of islands semi-encircling a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest is the northern Crooked Island. The main town on the island is Colonel Hill. The islands were settled by American Loyalists in the late 1780s who set…
View More Bahamas Philately: Crooked IslandBahamas Philately: Acklins and Crooked Islands
Acklins and Crooked Islands consisted of a group of islands semi-encircling a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island in the north and Acklins in the south-east, and the smaller are Long Cay (once known as Fortune Island) in the north-west, and…
View More Bahamas Philately: Acklins and Crooked IslandsBahamas Philately: Ragged Island
Ragged Island is an island in the southern Bahamas. Ragged Island is part of the Jumentos Cays and Ragged Island Chain. The crescent-shaped chain measures over 180 km in length and includes cays known as Raccoon Cay, Hog Cay and Double-Breasted Cay. Island ownership is stated to have been granted…
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