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unusual facts about Sea Grape, Grand Bahama



Albert Tillman

He opened the world's first dedicated dive resort, The Underwater Explorers Society (UNEXSO) in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island.

Bahamas Electricity Corporation

The Bahamas Electricity Corporation - (BEC) is a government corporation that provides electricity to all of the Bahama Islands except for Grand Bahama.

Brown-headed Nuthatch

An endangered population occurs in the pineyards of Grand Bahama; some authorities consider it to represent a separate species, S. insularis.

History of the Bahamas

Just three weeks later, Hurricane Jeanne uprooted trees, blew out windows, and sent seawater flooding through neighborhoods on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama.

Missile Test Project

MTP instrumented and operated the following tracking stations: CCAFS (designated AFE71), Grand Bahama Island (AFE73), Eleuthera Island (AFE74), San Salvador Island (AFE75), Mayaguana Island (AFE76), Grand Turk Island (AFE77), Antigua Island (AFE86), Chaguaramus, Trinidad (AFE87), Ascension Island (AFE83) and Mahé in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean (AFE89).

West Grand Bahama

Communities within West Grand Bahama include the settlements of Mack Town, Hunters, Lewis Yard, Pinder's Point, Eight Mile Rock, Hepburn Town, Bartlett Hill, Hanna Hill, Pine Dale, Martin Town, Russell Town, Jones Town, Sea Grape, Holmes Rock, Bootle Bay and the westernmost settlement of West End.


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