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Topic: Elbow Cay


  
  Elbow Cay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elbow Cay is a six-mile long cay in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas.
The 18th century village of Hope Town is located on Elbow Cay, built around a protected harbour.
In 1999, Elbow Cay suffered significant damage from Hurricane Floyd.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elbow_Cay   (128 words)

  
 Where is Hope Town, Bahamas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The calm waters between the cays and Abaco are popular with boaters.
Elbow Cay is an island approximately 6 miles long and 1/4 mi.
The eastern boundary of Elbow Cay is the Atlantic Ocean.
www.betterinthebahamas.com /whereis.shtml   (173 words)

  
 Bahamas Oceanfront Vacation Rentals, Abacos Beachfront Vacation Home for Rent
Only 180 miles east of Palm Beach, Florida and less than an hour away by air, Elbow Cay is a narrow gem of an island only four miles long, lying in crystal-clear, multihued waters, on the outer edge of the Abacos.
Atlantic Ocean surf rolls in endlessly along the eastern beaches of Elbow Cay, the Sea of Abaco ebbs and flows along its western shore, and their waters meet off the North Point, not far beyond Topside, where the boat is, near the left side of the opening picture.
Elbow Cay's thousand acres are home to a few hundred friendly Bahamians, most of whom are descendants of Loyalists who came to the Bahamas following the American Revolution.
www.oceanfrontproperties.com /property/bahamas/topsiderent.html   (1490 words)

  
 Elbow Cay Vacation Rentals in Bahamas - Sea Lavender Cottage from Vacation Homes.com
Sea Lavender is a beachfront cottage located on Elbow Cay, two miles south of the quaint village ofHope Town.
Elbow cay provides vacationers with opportunities for the very active or those wishing to relax by a pool and stroll the beaches.
Elbow Cay is home to the famous candy-striped lighthouse in Hope Town.
vacationhomes.com /18657   (478 words)

  
 Bahamas / The Abacos
Elbow Cay, with beautiful beaches and fine hilltop views, is the proud home of a candy-striped lighthouse standing guard over a picture-book harbour.
Treasure Cay has an 18-hole championship golf course, tennis courts, a marina and facilities for fishing, boating and scuba diving.
Walker's Cay is the northernmost island in The Bahamas.
www.geographia.com /bahamas/bsabin01.htm   (487 words)

  
 Tavel Information - Conched Out, Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas, Vacation Rental Home
Abaco and Elbow Cay are a short hop from the US or Nassau.
Our caretaker can be hailed via VHF by the ferry driver as you are on your way over to Elbow Cay from Marsh Harbour (a trip of 20 minutes) and they will meet you at the house or pick you up in town.
Elbow Cay is a great jumping off point to explore the diverse and visually spectacular chain of islands collectively known as The Abacos.
www.conched-out.com /travel.shtml   (294 words)

  
 Elbow Cay and Hope Town | Abaco, the Bahamas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
One of The Abacos' more popular island hideaways, and certainly one of the largest, Elbow Cay is home to The most famous landmark in the Abacos - the red and white striped lighthouse.
After docking at the Lighthouse Marina near the base of the 1863 lighthouse, a climb up the lighthouse's 101 steps to a breathtaking view of the outlying Parrot Cays and Elbow Cay's enclosed harbor is well worth the effort.
Elbow Cay is unique in its diversity, and offers a real potpourri of island style diversions.
www.go-abacos.com /theabs/hopetown.html   (317 words)

  
 Ekali Estate Vacation Villas, Hopetown, Abaco, Bahamas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Elbow Cay is a beautiful island 20 minutes by ferry from Marsh Harbour in Abaco.
Sandy Cay, 2,100 acres for snorkelling and diving.
There are at least seven on Elbow Cay, all within a very short distance by golf cart from Ekali Estate, no more than 10 minutes, and many restaurants will provide free transport to and from dinner.
www.ekalibahamas.com /ekali   (2368 words)

  
 Elbow Cay/ White Sound - Waterfront - Private Dock - 3 Bedrooms | 2 Bathrooms | Sleeps 6 | Home/Villa
Elbow Cay itself is a four mile long island with Hope Town near its northern end.
Not as picturesque as Elbow Cay and other settlements and does not have an ocean beach.
GUANA CAY: Guana Harbour Club for lunch, drinks, a swim in the pool, and some of the nicest beaches in the Bahamas (both sides of the island).
www.bestvacationrentals.com /listings/GriffinHouse.htm   (2443 words)

  
 Janeyzee's Lighthouse Pages - Hopetown Light, Abacos, Bahamas
This beautiful lighthouse is the main focal point in the harbor of Hopetown, on Elbow Cay in the Abacos.
I took a lot of pictures of it since we saw it every day as we went by Elbow Cay on our way to our daily adventures (see my 1997 Bahamas page or my 2002 Bahamas pages for all the details).
This light is the oldest kerosene powered light in the world and two others can be found in the Abacos at San Salvador and Great Inagua.
www.geocities.com /janeyzee/hopelite.html   (571 words)

  
 Elbow Cay : Introduction | Frommers.com
Elbow Cay is noted for its spectacular white-sand beaches.
The cay's largest settlement is Hope Town, a little village with a candy-striped, 36m (120-ft.) lighthouse, the most photographed attraction in the Out Islands.
Like other offshore cays of the Abacos, it was settled by Loyalists who left the new United States and came to The Bahamas to remain subjects of the British Crown.
www.frommers.com /destinations/elbowcay/0276010001.html   (271 words)

  
 Tom and Judy's Abaco Vacation
Walker's Cay is a tiny island that caters to sport fishermen and scuba divers.
Grand Cay is a friendly native island with a population of about 400.
Guana Cay is a small island where many people had recently built vacation homes.
www.sailtriad.com /abacos.htm   (489 words)

  
 Fodor's Travel Guides | Forums Messages
I have been researching some of the rental houses available on Guana Cay and definitely feel that is or best and most affordable option.
Elbow is nice also but I preferred Guana.
The restaurant selection is better on elbow and elbow has a nice lighthouse.
www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=5&tid=34630788&numresponses=1&start=0   (722 words)

  
 TopSide, North Point, Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas, Villa Vacation Rental
Only 180 miles east of Palm Beach, Florida and less than an hour away by air, Elbow Cay is a narrow gem of an island only four miles long, lying in crystal-clear, multi-hued waters, on the outer edge of the Abacos.
Topside, completed in 1995, is ideally situated near the north point of Elbow Cay, just a mile north of its famous candy-striped lighthouse which overlooks picturesque Hope Town harbour and settlement.
Visit neighboring islands like Man O' War Cay, the boat-building capital of the Abacos, and Guana Cay, just beyond, with it unspoiled beaches and a weekly pig-roast.
www.cvillas.com /bahamas/topside   (1599 words)

  
 Conched Out - Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas - Vacation Rental Home
Conched Out is located on the Island of Elbow Cay on the outskirts of the Hope Town settlement.
Elbow Cay is a part of the Abaco Islands in The Bahamas.
Fruit trees include orange, tangerine, grapefruit and other citrus as well as banana, mango, papaya, carambola, pomegrante, avocado etc. Our guests are free to enjoy any fruit that is currently ripe.
www.conched-out.com   (572 words)

  
 Bahamas Real Estate | Abaco Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Abaco chain of islands extends from Walker's Cay in the north to Hole-In-The-Wall in the south.
Hope Town, located on Elbow Cay, is a United Empire Loyalist settlement.
Treasury Cay, boasts an 18 hole championship golf course, tennis courts, a marina and facilities for fishing, boating and scuba diving.
www.abacoproperty4sale.com   (538 words)

  
 The Nassau Guardian - Minister signs for Elbow Cay roads repair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Originally it was to be simply "sanded and sealed" but this was felt to be inadequate in the long term as traffic along the road, which is known locally as "Queens Highway," is increasing along with the expansion of the small cay.
Cleare climbed on board and drove it off the barge and on to Elbow Cay's soil for the job to begin.
This is timely as the deteriorating condition of the road recently caused a tourist to fall from a golf cart and break her ankle.
www.thenassauguardian.com /national_local/280047081786054.php   (715 words)

  
 Welcome to Abaco Vacation Res. Inc. -- Elbow Cay - Abaco, Bahamas
Elbow Cay offers spectacular white sand beaches and excellent snorkeling reefs along the Atlantic Ocean side.
The reefs near Hope Town and the northern tip of the Cay offer calmer waters and can be easily reach by swimming from the beach.
The mode of transportation on Elbow Cay is by foot, bike, golf cart or boat.
www.abacovacations.com /elbow   (775 words)

  
 Bahamas Vacation Rental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Sawyer House, is a delightful out island getaway, located in the heart of Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.
Elbow Cay has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.
For the most recent photos of the exterior of our Elbow Cay Rental click her.
www.betterinthebahamas.com   (539 words)

  
 Abaco Seaside - Vacation Rental Cottages and Real Estate on Lubbers Quarters near Hope Town and Elbow Cay
Lubbers Quarters is centrally located in the hub of the Abacos in north eastern Bahamas, a short one hour flight from the east coast of Florida.
It is 10 minutes from Hope Town, 5 minutes from White Sound (both on Elbow Cay) and about 15 minutes from Marsh Harbour & Man-O-War.
World class diving, snorkeling, ocean fishing, bottom fishing, bone fishing, shelling and beautiful beaches are just some of the things to do and are minutes away from any of the cottages.
www.abacoseaside.com   (243 words)

  
 Hope Town Harbour Lodge, Elbow Cay, Bahamas
In September of 1999, Hurricane Floyd reaked extensive damage to the Lodge and the rest of Elbow Cay.
Since there was a contract in place for the sale of the Lodge to an American entrepreneur and developer, no restoration was started on any of the guest rooms.
Raymond and Catherine Ketay, former owners and operators of the Breezy Palms Resort in Islamorada in the Florida Keys, now retired and residing in their oceanfront home at the south end of Elbow Cay agreed to purchase the Lodge.
www.hopetownlodge.com /scrapbook.htm   (978 words)

  
 Janeyzee's Tropical Travel - Bahamas Page - First Day of the Trip
The first full day of our vacation we ventured out to Elbow Cay, the island with the candy cane striped lighthouse.
The Elbow Cay Lighthouse is still fueled by kerosene and a lighthouse keeper sleeps at the top so he can crank the mechanisms every two hours to keep the light running.
There were great views from the top, you could see everywhere: Parrot Cay, the Hopetown harbor, the Atlantic Ocean beyond that, and the edge of Marsh Harbor off in the distance.
www.geocities.com /TheTropics/2345/day-one.html   (371 words)

  
 Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abaco Vacation Rentals - CafeGetaway #945 Rental Type: House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Recommend the snorkelling at Fowl Cay & Mermaids - but if the wind is off shore, the snorkelling off the Hotel beaches is great too.
From Hope Town, Elbow Cay stretches a couple of miles to the north to a newly developed area called North Hope Town and five miles south to Tahiti Beach, a beautiful, sheltered, palm fringed beach.
Prices on this Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abaco Vacation Rental are subject to change without notice.
www.cafegetaway.com /PropDisplay.asp?parmPropID=945   (1257 words)

  
 Surfinfo Forum - going to elbow cay need extra hand for surf trip.
Surfinfo Forum - going to elbow cay need extra hand for surf trip.
going to elbow cay need extra hand for surf trip.
Use of any images,text, html layout or any other surfinfo generated data is prohibited without prior written permission.
surfinfo.surfline.com /cgi-bin/surfinfo/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=1&topic=199   (149 words)

  
 Elbow Cay, 2003
Out trip to Elbow Cay in January, 2003 was wonderful.
Though there was an "arctic blast" that dropped temperatures at night to about 60, we managed quite well in sweatshirts.
The cat in the next picture is on the porch of the pink building in front of the lighthouse.
homepage.mac.com /mmclane/elbow1/elbow1.html   (373 words)

  
 Abaco / Elbow Cay Vacation Rental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hope Town is a quaint, 18th century fishing village on Elbow Cay (six miles long by a quarter mile wide), located on the outer reef of a string of emerald isles, known as the Abacos.
Surrounded by a translucent turquoise sea and known for being one of the most protected areas in the Caribbean for small boat exploring.
The unspoiled beauty of Elbow Cay and Hopetown is unmatched.
www.findrentals.com /11212.html   (639 words)

  
 The Nassau Guardian - Feud continues over state of roads on Elbow Cay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Cash, like many of the cay's 6-700 residents, is very vocal on the
Bumper stickers emblazoned with "No Tar No Tax" were printed and displayed publicly throughout the cay in high profile places and on the backs of vehicles.
And waiting is what they are doing on Elbow Cay.
www.thenassauguardian.com /national_local/327933937588169.php   (869 words)

  
 Bahamas Travel Network
The major islands of this small archipelago are Great and Little Abaco, with the off-lying cays of Elbow Cay, Man-O-War Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Guana Cay, Stranger’s Cay, Umbrella Cay and Walker’s Cay completing the string.
Somewhere in this 120-mile necklace of islands and often uninhabited cays and beaches, you’re sure to find the ideal private spot for some chilled champagne and a good book.
For example, on Great Abaco at Treasure Cay, Ocean Beach rolls out a wide expanse of uncrowded, sugary sand, arcing elegantly around a shallow turquoise bay.
www.bahamastravelnet.com /islands/Abacos.html   (489 words)

  
 Abaco Bahamas - Seagull Cottages on Elbow Cay and Deep Sea Fishing Charters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Abaco Bahamas - Seagull Cottages on Elbow Cay and Deep Sea Fishing Charters
Southern Breeze is situated on a hill on Lubbers Quarters Cay with a gorgeous view of the Sea of Abaco, Tahiti Beach and Tilloo Cut.
My husband and I are a unique combination -- he the native islander and I am a South Carolina transplant whose heart was hooked by this island and "the fisherman." Let us welcome you to our piece of paradise to relax and enjoy our blend of Southern hospitality...
www.seagullcottages.com   (191 words)

  
 Elbow Cay Abaco hotels - discount & cheap hotels in Elbow Cay Abaco.
Elbow Cay Abaco hotels - discount & cheap hotels in Elbow Cay Abaco.
We have brought together the very best hotels throughout Elbow Cay Abaco at the most competitive rates.
By constantly updating our hotel listing for Elbow Cay Abaco, we are able to ensure that you get the very best price no matter what type of trip or vacation you are making.
www.calle.com /world/BS/elbow-cay-abaco-hotels.html   (264 words)

  
 Elbow Cay Vacation Rentals in Bahamas, Caribbean @ VacationHomes.com
Oceanfront beach house in Hopetown Bahamas has breathtaking views and is on one of the best beaches on Elbow Cay, Bahamas.
The Griffin Home is waterfront with a private dock and has fabulous water views from every room.
The house is located on Elbow Cay just outside of the Hope Town settlement.
vacationhomes.com /city_search.cfm?l=1954   (187 words)

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