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 (Bahamas), 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.
District of Harbour Island | |
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| Nickname: Briland | |
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| Coordinates: 25°30′N 76°38′W / 25.500°N 76.633°W | |
| Country | Bahamas |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Council |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 1,861[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 242 |
It has a population of 1,762 (2010 census).[2] 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 famous 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, Harbour Island is colourful with English Colonial-style buildings and flower lined streets. Harbour Island is part of the Out Islands of the Bahamas.
In the middle 1960s, the 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
Pink sand beach near Sip Sip's, Harbour Island, looking north
Horses on Harbour Island, looking east
Sunset on Harbour Island, looking north
Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008, Harbour Island, looking east
Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island, looking west from Dunmore School
Dunmore School of Harbour Island, looking east from harbour shoreline
Sunrise from the north part of the island
Starfish in the harbour on Harbour Island
The pink beach of Harbour Island
References
Sources
- The Harbour Island Story, Anne & Jim Lawlor (Macmillan Caribbean, 2008) ISBN 978-0-333-97051-5
- The Story of The Bahamas, Paul Albury (Macmillan Caribbean, London, 1975) ISBN 0-333-17132-2
- Out Island Doctor, Evan Cottman
- Under The plop o lop Tree, Pip Simmons, editor; 'Uncle Gundy' narrator, Barbra Young Photographs
- 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) ISBN 0-8203-2122-2
25°30′N 76°38′W / 25.500°N 76.633°W