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Harbour Island, Bahamas

Island and district in Bahamas

Summary

Island and district in Bahamas

Field	Value
official_name	District of Harbour Island
nickname	Briland
image_map	Harbour Island in Bahamas (zoom).svg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Bahamas
subdivision_type1	Island
government_type	District Council
leader_title1	Chief Councillor
leader_title2	Deputy Chief Councillor
population_as_of	2022
population_total	1,861
timezone	EST
utc_offset	−5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	−4
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
area_code	242

Harbour Island is an island and administrative district in the Bahamas located off the northeast coast of Eleuthera Island. Harbour Island, Jacobs Island, Man Island, Pierre Island and others form what looks like a reef that encloses the east and north sides of a lagoon in the northeast corner of Eleuthera. It has a population of 1,762 as of the 2010 census. The only town on the island is Dunmore Town, named after the governor of the Bahamas from 1786 to 1798, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, who had a summer residence on Harbour Island.

Tourism

Harbour Island is known for its pink sand beaches, which are found all along the east side of the island. The pink hue comes from a species of foraminifera, a microscopic organism that actually has a reddish-pink shell. Harbour Island is a popular vacation destination for Americans. Known as Briland to the locals, the island features English Colonial-style architecture. Harbour Island is part of the Out Islands of the Bahamas.

In the mid-1960s, American actor Brett King and his wife, Sharon, established the Coral Sands Hotel in Harbour Island.

Transportation

The island is accessible by airplane through North Eleuthera Airport, followed by a short water taxi ride from neighbouring North Eleuthera.

Gallery

File:HarbourIsland_1.png|Pink sand beach near Sip Sip's, Harbour Island, looking north File:islandhorses.jpg|Horses on Harbour Island, looking east File:beachsunsetdog.jpg|Sunset on Harbour Island, looking north File:harbourislandjunkanoo.jpg|Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008, Harbour Island, looking east File:GovernmentDock.png|Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island, looking west from Dunmore School File:DunmoreSchool.png|Dunmore School of Harbour Island, looking east from harbour shoreline File:sunriseoct62008.png|Sunrise from the north part of the island File:starfishwater.jpg|Starfish in the harbour on Harbour Island

Notes

References

The Harbour Island Story, Anne & Jim Lawlor (Macmillan Caribbean, 2008)
The Story of The Bahamas, Paul Albury (Macmillan Caribbean, London, 1975)
Out Island Doctor, Evan Cottman
Under The Plop-a-lop Tree, Pip Simmons, editor; 'Uncle Gundy', narrator; Barbara Young MD, photographer
99-Cent Breakfast, Patricia Glinton-Meicholas;*Bahamian Scene, Susan J. Wallace
Wind From The Carolinas, Robert Wilder
Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People - Volume One: From Aboriginal Times to the End of Slavery, Michael Craton and Gail Saunders (University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1999)

References

"Census population and housing".
[http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/3fb5e66d-3690-4203-91c3-eaf0f3eb5629/HARBOUR+ISLAND+POPULATION+BY+SETTLEMENT_2010+CENSUS.pdf?MOD=AJPERES HARBOUR ISLAND POPULATION BY SETTLEMENT AND TOTAL NUMBER OF OCCUPIED DWELLINGS: 2010 CENSUS] - Bahamas Department of Statistics

Wikipedia Source

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