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Harrington Sound is a lake in eastern Bermuda. Of the country’s nine
parishes, those closest to Harrington Sound are Smith’s, St George’s,
Devonshire, and Hamilton. As with the whole country, these parishes are actually
a group of islands connected by land bridges.
Devonshire Parish is on the western tip of Bermuda. It was named after William
Cavendish, First Earl of Devonshire, and Bermuda’s Elizabethan patron.
Cavendish invested personally in the colonisation of Bermuda, and by 1619 was
the largest shareholder in Devonshire Parish, although he never actually visited
Bermuda in person.
Across Eastern Harbour, to the south of Devonshire, is St George’s Parish,
named for both the patron saint of England, St George, and Admiral Sir George
Somers, Bermuda’s founder. This was the first area in Bermuda to be colonised.
The Parish covers part of Main Island, all of St George’s Island, St David’s
Island, and all of the islands in Castle and St George’s harbours.
Smith’s Parish is situated on the southern side of Harrington Sound,
with sea frontage on both the northern and southern shores. It was named after
Sir Thomas Smythe, Bermuda’s patron, and is bordered by Hamilton Parish
on the east and Devonshire Parish on the west.
Hamilton Parish, on the opposite side of Harrington Sound, was originally called
Harrington, but was renamed in honour of James Hamilton. The Parish has many
caves, including a network of deep-water limestone caves with huge stalactites
and stalagmites.
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