Marsh Harbour tours - you’ll never be bored
Marsh Harbour is the best center for exploring the nature-created attractions of both Great Abaco and Little Abaco. A fully graded and tarred main highway links all the settlements on the "mainland," with such colorfully named hamlets as Fire Road, Mango Hill, Coopers Town, Joe Creek, Red Bays, Snake Cay, Little Harbour, Sandy Point, Cherokee Sound, and our favorite, Hole-in-the-Wall, which lies at the "bottom" of Great Abaco. Driving south for 40km (25 miles) from Marsh Harbour along the Great Abaco Highway, you come first to Cherokee Sound, with a population of 150 dwellers, at the end of a peninsula jutting out into Cherokee Sound. Residents are descended from Loyalists who fled mainland U.S. in 1783 and remained faithful to the British Crown. These people faced an inhospitable land and for 2 centuries have tried to make a living as best they can. The men dive for lobsters or go out at night "sharking." The jaws of the sharks are sold in Marsh Harbour. They also hunt down tiniki crabs, as well as pigeon and wild boar in the remote pinelands of the Abacos. This unhurried routine in the remote village of Cherokee Sound -- surrounded by several deserted Atlantic beaches and a section of salt marshes with panoramic views -- may one day change, as a new vacation home community is going to be built in the area with an 18-hole golf course. There will even be a spa and equestrian center, though no date has been set for the opening. Stay tuned or else head for Cherokee Sound now before its sleepy way of life is forever altered. Forty-eight kilometers (30 miles) south of Marsh Harbour takes you to Little Harbor, a cay shaped like a circle with a white-sandy beach running along most of its waterfront. The location is to the immediate each of Cherokee Sound. At Little Harbour, you can visit Pete Johnston's Foundry, the only bronze foundry in The Bahamas. Settling here in 1951, the Johnston family achieved international fame as artists and sculptors. They use an old "lost-wax" method in the casting of their bronze sculptures, many of which are sold in prestigious art galleries in America, although you can also buy them directly from the foundry itself. Mrs. Johnston creates porcelain figurines of island life such as birds, fish, boats, and even fishermen. The Johnstons welcome visitors at their studio daily from 10 to 11am and 2 to 3pm. You can also purchase a remarkable book here, Artist on His Island, detailing the true-life adventures of Randolph and Margot Johnston, who lived a Swiss Family Robinson adventure when they first arrived at Little Harbour with their three sons. Sailing in an old Bahamian schooner, the Langosta, they stayed in one of the local caves until they eventually erected a thatched dwelling for themselves.
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