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== Gallery == == Gallery ==
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File:HarbourIsland_1.png|Pink sand beach near Sip Sip's, Harbour Island, Bahamas, looking North. File:HarbourIsland_1.png|Pink sand beach near Sip Sip's, Harbour Island, looking north
File:islandhorses.jpg|Horses Harbour Island, Bahamas, looking East File:islandhorses.jpg|Horses on Harbour Island, looking east
File:beachsunsetdog.jpg|Sunset on Harbour Island, Bahamas, looking North File:beachsunsetdog.jpg|Sunset on Harbour Island, looking north
File:harbourislandjunkanoo.jpg|Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008 Harbour Island, Bahamas, looking East File:harbourislandjunkanoo.jpg|Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008, Harbour Island, looking east
File:GovernmentDock.png|Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island Bahamas, looking West from Dunmore School File:GovernmentDock.png|Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island, looking west from Dunmore School
File:DunmoreSchool.png|Dunmore School of Harbour Island, Bahamas, looking East from harbour shoreline File:DunmoreSchool.png|Dunmore School of Harbour Island, looking east from harbour shoreline
File:sunriseoct62008.png|Sunrise Oct. 6, 2008 Harbour Island, Bahamas, from the north part of the island File:sunriseoct62008.png|Sunrise, October 6, 2008, from the north part of the island
File:SeaGrapes.jpg|Afro Band Rehearsing at Sea Grapes Night Club on Harbour Island, Bahamas File:SeaGrapes.jpg|Afro Band Rehearsing at Sea Grapes Night Club on Harbour Island
File:starfishwater.jpg|Starfish in the harbour on Harbour Island, Bahamas File:starfishwater.jpg|Starfish in the harbour on Harbour Island
File:Bahamas beach.JPG|The pink beach of Harbour Island, Bahamas. File:Bahamas beach.JPG|The pink beach of Harbour Island
</gallery> </gallery>


==References== ==References==
{{Reflist}} {{Reflist}}
*"The Harbour Island Story" Anne & Jim Lawlor (Macmillan Caribbean, 2008) {{ISBN|978-0-333-97051-5}} *''The Harbour Island Story'', Anne & Jim Lawlor (Macmillan Caribbean, 2008) {{ISBN|978-0-333-97051-5}}
*Paul Albury: ''The Story of The Bahamas'' (Macmillan Caribbean, London, 1975) {{ISBN|0-333-17132-2}} *''The Story of The Bahamas'', Paul Albury (Macmillan Caribbean, London, 1975) {{ISBN|0-333-17132-2}}
*"Out Island Doctor", Evan Cottman; *''Out Island Doctor'', Evan Cottman
*"Under The plop o lop Tree," Pip Simmons, editor; 'Uncle Gundy' narrator, Barbra Young Photographs; *''Under The plop o lop Tree'', Pip Simmons, editor; 'Uncle Gundy' narrator, Barbra Young Photographs
*"99-Cent Breakfast", ]; *''99-Cent Breakfast'', ]
*"Bahamian Scene," Susan J. Wallace; *''Bahamian Scene'', Susan J. Wallace
*"Wind From The Carolinas", Robert Wilder. *''Wind From The Carolinas'', Robert Wilder
*Michael Craton and Gail Saunders: ''Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People - Volume One: From Aboriginal Times to the End of Slavery'' (University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1999) {{ISBN|0-8203-2122-2}} *''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}}


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For other places with the same name, see Harbour Island (disambiguation). Place in Bahamas
District of Harbour Island
Coordinates: 25°30′N 76°38′W / 25.500°N 76.633°W / 25.500; -76.633
CountryBahamas
Government
 • TypeDistrict Council
Population
 • Total1,762
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code242

Harbour Island is an island and administrative district in the Bahamas and is located off the northeast coast of Eleuthera Island. It has a population of 1,762 (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 famous for its pink sand beaches, which are found all along the east side of the island. The pink hue comes from 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 Pink sand beach near Sip Sip's, Harbour Island, looking north
  • Horses on Harbour Island, looking east Horses on Harbour Island, looking east
  • Sunset on Harbour Island, looking north Sunset on Harbour Island, looking north
  • Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008, Harbour Island, looking east Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008, Harbour Island, looking east
  • Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island, looking west from Dunmore School Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island, looking west from Dunmore School
  • Dunmore School of Harbour Island, looking east from harbour shoreline Dunmore School of Harbour Island, looking east from harbour shoreline
  • Sunrise, October 6, 2008, from the north part of the island Sunrise, October 6, 2008, from the north part of the island
  • Afro Band Rehearsing at Sea Grapes Night Club on Harbour Island Afro Band Rehearsing at Sea Grapes Night Club on Harbour Island
  • Starfish in the harbour on Harbour Island Starfish in the harbour on Harbour Island
  • The pink beach of Harbour Island The pink beach of Harbour Island

References

  1. HARBOUR ISLAND POPULATION BY SETTLEMENT AND TOTAL NUMBER OF OCCUPIED DWELLINGS: 2010 CENSUS - Bahamas Department of Statistics
  • 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 / 25.500; -76.633

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