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Background: Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.

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By torsk
December 26th 2005

Leaving West End

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We've spent a little too much time here at Old Bahama Bay Marina, idling amongst the wealthy. The rest was welcome from the rough crossing, but the only thing to do here is while away dollars and show off your diamonds and your $1.50 boobjob. The locals can barely hide their smirk in the face of it all; they can play this game. They even have a patois so that the USers don't understand. These are the weekend jetsetters from Florida escaping their family and financial problems just to show off their motorcraft's widescreen TV during the Packers-Cowboys game. No worries, [View Full Entry]

By airwolf09
October 13th 2003

Deadman's Reef, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

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Deadman's Reef
Deadman's Reef, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

Oct 17, 2003 City official name :Deadman's Reef Founded date : Location :Grand Bahama Island Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? kmÂ²). Facts :Deadman’s Reef is a group of rocks just off the southern beach known as “Paradise Cove”, about 20 miles west of Freeport. [View Full Entry]

By airwolf09
October 13th 2003

Holmes Rock, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

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Holmes Rock
Holmes Rock, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

Oct 13, 2003 City official name :Holmes Rock Founded date : Location :Grand Bahama Island Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? kmÂ²). Facts :Holmes Rockis a little community known for a unique cave that sits behind a local night club. It is over 200 yards in diameter and produces fresh water at low tide and salt water at high tide. [View Full Entry]

By airwolf09
October 13th 2003

Williams and Russell Town, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

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Williams and Russell Town
Williams and Russell Town, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

Oct 13, 2003 City official name :Williams and Russell Town Founded date : Location :Grand Bahama Island Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :About five miles from Freeport/Lucaya is Williams Town, a sleepy community nestled in pine trees and resting on what Bahamians call "generation land" -- land that is settled by a single family then passed on to its descendants. In this case, the town was settled by the great-grandfather of Joseph Williams, one of th [View Full Entry]

By airwolf09
October 13th 2003

Eightmile, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

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Eightmile
Eightmile, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

Oct 13, 2003 City official name :Eightmile Founded date : Location :Grand Bahama Island Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? kmÂ²). Facts :Eight Mile Rock is the largest settlement on Grand Bahama Island, outside of Freeport/Lucaya, and is named after the eight miles of solid rock contained here. The "town" is actually a string of settlements, each of which takes the name of the family who settled and still inhabits the land. Jones Town, Martin Town, Pinedale, Han [View Full Entry]

By airwolf09
October 10th 2003

Freeport, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

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Freeport
Freeport, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

Oct 10, 2003 City official name :Freeport Founded date : Location :Grand Bahama Island Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? kmÂ²). Facts :Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida and gives its name to a district of the Bahamas. Freeport proper has 26,910 people. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests on the island, was g [View Full Entry]

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