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Long Island: Diving, Isolated, Fishing Paradise |
Christopher Columbus called Long Island..."the most delightful island in the world.” Many artists, today, consider Long Island the beauty queen of the country of the Bahamas.
Although Long Island is 80 miles long, it is very narrow—no more than four miles at its widest point. The island is divided by the Tropic of Cancer and bordered by two very different coasts, one with rocky cliffs and caves that dip suddenly into the sea and the other with broad beaches.
One of the most scenic hideaways in The Bahamas, it is divided by the Tropic of Cancer and bordered by two very different coasts, one with soft-white, broad beaches and the other rocky headlands that descend suddenly into the roiling sea. The terrain varies from sloping hills in the northeast to low hillsides in the south fading into stark white flatlands where salt is produced; from swampland to beautiful beaches.s.
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 by Samuel Charters
Loyalists from Carolina settled here in 1790 with their slaves. They built vast plantations, which thrived briefly growing sea-island cotton, but the abolition of slavery made them unprofitable. Today many of the Loyalist mansions stand in skeletal form etched against the sky. Although the plantations are no more, agriculture is still very much a part of the life here. An abundance of peas, corn, pineapples and bananas are grown. Raising sheep, goats and pigs also provides a living for the inhabitants. Long Island is famous for its vegetables and cattle and supplies much of the farm goods to the other islands.
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Every end of May, there is a world famous "Long Island Regatta", drawing boaters from all over the world, to gather, and compete for prizes and to eat/drink!
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