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Historical Markers and War Memorials in The Bahamas
By Richard Denney, August 11, 2015
Lucayan National Park
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Grand Bahama Highway. |
| | The entrance to Ben's Cave was created when a portion of the roof collapsed. The clear pool that you see is fresh water, which floats on top of the lower salt water. Under-water passages spread out horizontally from Ben's Cave for thousands of yards . . . — — Map (db m87403) HM |
| Near Grand Bahama Highway. |
| | The remains of several Lucayan Indians were found in a water-filled cavern near this cave entrance. The bones were perfectly preserved under a mound of rocks in about 6 feet of fresh water. This cave is a home of a rare member of a new class of . . . — — Map (db m87404) HM |
| On West Bay Street east of Parliament Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | To commemorate the grant of these islands by His Majesty King Charles the First to Sir Robert Heath Attorney General of England on the 30th day of October 1629 — — Map (db m32434) HM |
| | Fort Fincastle was built in 1793 by Lord Dunmore, a Royal Governor (1787-1796), whose second title was Viscount Fincastle. This fort shaped like an old paddle wheel steamer, was built to protect the city from invasion but saw little action. It . . . — — Map (db m125664) HM |
| Near Augusta Street south of Delancy Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Our hand-cut well measures 7.4 feet in diameter and has a depth of 74 feet. It is carved from solid limestone and is reminiscent of the Queen's Staircase sculpted between 1793 and 1794 by "slaves from solid rock with axes and other sharp hand . . . — — Map (db m134006) HM |
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