Eleuthera lies 50 miles east of Nassau. It is a very long and narrow island, in some places no more than 1 mile wide. The name is a reference to a group of puritan pilgrims who arrived in 1648, fleeing persecution in England and the Bahamas; the word Eleuthera is a derivation of the Greek word for ‘free’.
The island was originally populated by Taino-Arawaks, who were later deported by the Spanish to work in the mines in Hispaniola. Eleuthera was a prosperous industrial centre between 1950 and 1980. When The Bahamas became independent in 1973, the foreign ownership policies changed, leading to the abandonment of Eleuthera’s large resorts and agricultural businesses. Today, Eleuthera boasts only one resort with 23 rooms, and almost 80% of the island’s population is unemployed.
Eleuthera is divided into two regions. South Eleuthera encompasses Governor’s Harbour, the administrative capital, Rock Sound, Tarpum Bay, the island’s last remaining fishing village, and Bannerman Town. North Eleuthera includes Spanish Wells, The Bluff, Gregory Town, Hatchet Bay, and Harbour Island, Eleuthera’s neighbouring island and home of some of the best boat builders in the Bahamas.

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