Williams and Russell Town, Grand Bahama - Bahamas

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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 the older residents. Williams' ancestor was a slave liberated in Britain's Emancipation Act of 1834, which effectively freed all slaves in crown territory. In the Bahamas, all freed slaves were allowed to lay claim to whatever unsettled land they could find.

The town's oldest building is a shack that sits next to Traveller's Rest, the only restaurant around. At the end of Beach Way Drive there is also an old cemetery marked off with a stone wall. Inside, there's a monument to 21 Haitians who died at sea 1978. Near the waterfront, about 200 yards to the west of the jetty is a "boiling hole" an opening in the seafloor where cold, fresh water pours out.

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

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

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

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

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