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Abaco and Cays

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abaco and Cays , island group, c.780 sq mi (2,020 sq km), most northerly of the Bahamas. It includes Great Abaco (the largest), Little Abaco, and the surrounding cays. The low islands, composed mainly of coral limestone, have native pine forests. Fish and sponges are taken from surrounding waters. Great Abaco was settled by Loyalists from New York City in 1783. Author not available, ABACO AND CAYS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
BAHAMAS, The
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ... member of the COMMONWEALTH , consisting of 700 islands and 2,000 cays. The islands have a mixture of English, Amerindian, Spanish, and Greek names, as in Grand Bahama , Great Abaco , Bimini , Andros , Eleuthera , Cat Island , San Salvador , Great ... Read more
The Bahamas
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... north of Cuba. It consists of about 700 islands and numerous cays. Area: 5,382 sq mi (13,939 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 323 ... Chief among the islands, from north to south, are Grand Bahama, Abaco, Eleuthera, New Providence, Andros, Cat, and Inagua; New Providence ... Read more

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Abaco Cays deals. (Market Monitor).(Abaco Beach Resort & Boat Harbour promotion)(Brief Article)
Travel Agent; 3/17/2003; 97 words ; The Abaco Beach Resort & Boat Harbour on Abaco in the Bahamas is offering the four-night Keys to the Cays package through Dec. 20. Included are accommodations, taxes, roundtrip airport transfers, a welcome cocktail, bottle of rum, and ... Read more
Abaco islands still safe harbors for the laid back
Chicago Sun-Times; 8/13/1989; Janet Podolak; 787 words ; ... cruise ship to call in the Abaco islands. Electricity ... n-O-War and Green Turtle cays that transmission lines ... miles distant. These Abaco islands, northernmost ... A dozen or more small cays (pronounced "keys") are sprinkled off Great Abaco Island, most populated ... minimal impact on Great ... Read more
Sea spray resort villas & marina. (Small Treasures Guide: The Abacos).(services of a resort on Abaco Islands in the Bahamas)(Brief Article)
Travel Agent; 6/10/2002; 60 words ; Located at the southern end of Elbow Cay, this resort, just three miles from Hope Town, features one of Abaco's newest deep-water marinas, with room for 6o boats. The dockside BoatHouse Restaurant is known for its Bahamian/American/European ... Read more
Abaco Beach Resort & Boat Harbour. (Special Rates & Updates: Out Islands).(Brief Article)
Travel Agent; 12/16/2002; 100 words ; The Abaco Beach Resort & Boat Harbour offers a host of packages for the winter, including the Out Island Getaway. At a rate of $480 per ... Read more
LYIN' LOW IN ABACO IT'S SO FRIENDLY THAT THESE VISITORS FOUND THEMSELVES AT A WEDDING RECEPTION
The Boston Globe; 3/29/1998; Randall Peffer, Globe Correspondent; 787 words ; ... by launching into an island melody called "Layin' Low in Abaco." The crowd began to swirl again to the music. Suddenly ... Truer than true. "Guana" is one of the so-called "Loyalist Cays" lying about 10 miles east of Marsh Harbor in the Abaco Group of the northeast Bahamas. But unlike the surrounding ... Read more
FACING THE SEA OF ABACO; The pressure is off in the Bahamian village of Hope Town once the key lime pie is in hand and the fresh fish is in the pan.(TRAVEL)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/30/2005; Mack, Linda; 787 words ; ... Hope Town facing the aqua-colored Sea of Abaco. We arrived, as most visitors do, via the ... Harbour, the capital of the large island of Abaco. From there we cabbed directly to the harbor ... down island for our first dinner to the Abaco Inn, long advertised in the New Yorker ... Read more
Going the distance ; The Abacos, the most northerly of 700 sun-soaked islands and cays, on a coral reef, has built some ritzy homes for Britons in the Bahamas, says Cathy Hawker
Evening Standard - London; 7/16/2008; Cathy Hawker; 787 words ; ... culture. But the 700 islands and cays are not all overbuilt holiday ... Abacos are made up of Great Abaco, 121 miles long and home to ... east coast, and a string of 25 cays providing an eastern breakwater ... captain Jason Wallace says Great Abaco is the ideal place to mess ... soft sand bottom," he ... Read more
Treasure Cay Hotel Resort and Marina. (The Out Islands).(extends special rates)(Brief Article)
Travel Agent; 3/18/2002; 132 words ; Treasure Cay Hotel Resort and Marina on Abaco has extended its special rates through April 22, 2002. Rooms are available at $180 per night, suites are $260 and seaside villas ... Read more
Life slows on remote Green Turtle Cay in the Bahamas.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/8/2003; Bordsen, John; 558 words ; ... Club on Green Turtle Cay. That isle is off the coast of Abaco, one of the larger islands in the archipelago nation east ... and 15 minutes by boat and car from any shopping area on Abaco. You can buy everything you need on Turtle Cay, but not ... For anything more, you take the ferry across the Sea of Abaco ... . Read more
The Blue Bee Bar and other Green Turtle Cay sights
Chicago Sun-Times; 3/5/1989; David G. Molyneaux; 505 words ; ... the Blue Bee Bar on Green Turtle Cay, off Abaco Island in the Bahamas. Sit a spell. Soak ... across the water at the large island of Abaco. Bluff House has a fine restaurant, a pool ... a plane ride from Nassau or Freeport to Abaco, a taxi to the airport dock and a ferry ... Read more

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