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Article: Grand Bahama: unique island now discovering its full potential. (Port of the Month).
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- Cruise Travel
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- July 1, 2002
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From its very beginnings Grand Bahama Island has been different--different by its very nature and different by its later design. Now the island is well on the way to discovering its full potential.
Cruise passengers sailing into Grand Bahama are greeted by a large new design proclaiming the port area Lucayan Harbour, honoring the Lucayan Indians who lived here when Christopher Columbus discovered the Bahamian chain. The name change from Freeport Harbour is more than superficial--it signifies major changes for this island just 52 miles from Palm Beach, Florida. Grand Bahama, one of the largest islands in the former British colony of the Bahamas, is also the most ...