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Harbour Island, Bahamas

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42: 297: 309: 261: 321: 333: 285: 345: 273: 357: 214:, 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 381: 408: 549: 308: 215: 296: 184:, Pierre Island and others form what looks like a reef that encloses the east and north sides of a lagoon in the northeast corner of Eleuthera. 320: 542: 498: 52: 260: 535: 764: 432: 790: 490: 445: 129: 332: 483:
Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People - Volume One: From Aboriginal Times to the End of Slavery
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HARBOUR ISLAND POPULATION BY SETTLEMENT AND TOTAL NUMBER OF OCCUPIED DWELLINGS: 2010 CENSUS
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Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island, looking west from Dunmore School
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and his wife, Sharon, established the Coral Sands Hotel in Harbour Island.
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It has a population of 1,762 (2010 census). The only town on the island is
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Dunmore School of Harbour Island, looking east from harbour shoreline
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Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008, Harbour Island, looking east
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Pink sand beach near Sip Sip's, Harbour Island, looking north
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25°30′N 76°38′W / 25.500°N 76.633°W / 25.500; -76.633
Bahamas
Time zone
UTC−5
EST
DST
UTC−4
EDT
Area code
the Bahamas
Eleuthera Island
Man Island (Bahamas)
Dunmore Town
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
sand
beaches
foraminifera
English Colonial
Out Islands
Brett King
North Eleuthera Airport
water taxi
North Eleuthera
Pink sand beach near Sip Sip's, Harbour Island, looking north
Horses on Harbour Island, looking east
Sunset on Harbour Island, looking north
Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008, Harbour Island, looking east
Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island, looking west from Dunmore School
Dunmore School of Harbour Island, looking east from harbour shoreline

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