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Gregory Town is home of the pineaple festival. Pineapples were once a major crop for Eleuthera, used mainly for pineapple rum.
Gregory Town

January 23rd 2008
We left Spanish Wells in the morning; it was dead calm so we motored along the bank and thru Current Cut to Eleuthera. Current Cut is a very narrow, very shallow channel where the water flows like a river at about 5-6 knots. It was tricky to navigate, to avoid the coral heads and to avoid running aground. I had to stand at the bow and be on the lookout while we went thru this treacherous sectio ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » North Eleuthera

Bahamian Flag 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 ... ... read more
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