Summer fun, jumping off Harbour Island’s Main Dock
Pink Eleuthera, Bahamas t-shirt: Norma’s Gift Shop, Governor’s Harbour, 332-2002/3322479
destroyed by a hurricane. It was reopened in 1835, only to be leveled and replaced again in 1866, this time adding a little bell tower. The Residency Lord Dunmore, Governor of the Bahamas 1787-1796, built a summer house for himself on Harbour Island as a refuge from the vapours and gossip of Nassau. Originally built in 1787, it was demolished in 1912 and replaced, and has served as the Administrator’s residence until about 2004. Currently, it is badly in need of repair and restoration. Fort Point This is at the northern end of the curved har-
bour around which Dunmore Town developed. The 1718 Cockram map shows a cannon placement here that would have complemented the cannons placed at the harbour’s southernmost point, now called Round Head. The crossfire possible from these two positions would have been very effective protection for the town Pink Sands beach Temperance Square A two story building once stood at Temperance Square. The upstairs housed Munroe Sail Loft, while the downstairs was used for “temperance meetings”. In 1897 the obelisk monument was dedicated to Dr. Thomas Johnson, the first
South Bar Cannons
White Knit Dress: Norma’s Gift Shop, Governor’s Harbour, 332-2002/332-2479.
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