Harbour Island, Bahamas

District of Harbour Island
Nickname:  Briland
Coordinates: 25°30′N 76°38′W
Country	Bahamas
Government
• Type	District Council
Population  (2022)
• Total	1,861
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	242

Harbour Island is an island and administrative district in the Bahamas located off the northeast coast of Eleuthera Island. Harbour Island, Jacobs Island, Man Island, 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.

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 a species of 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, the 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 mid-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

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  Pink sand beach near Sip Sip's, Harbour Island, looking north
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  Horses on Harbour Island, looking east
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  Sunset on Harbour Island, looking north
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  Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008, Harbour Island, looking east
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  Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island, looking west from Dunmore School
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  Dunmore School of Harbour Island, looking east from harbour shoreline
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  Sunrise from the north part of the island
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  Starfish in the harbour on Harbour Island
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  The pink beach of Harbour Island

References

• 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-a-lop Tree, Pip Simmons, editor; 'Uncle Gundy', narrator; Barbara Young MD, photographer
• 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