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	Caribbean Island Brokers - Ragged Caye
		Ragged Caye is quite possibly the nicest fully developed private island for sale in Belize.
		Unique ideas are everywhere; from the remote outposts on the neighboring mangrove cayes connected by overwater walkways to the gazebo at the end of an extended pier on the north tip of the island.
		The elevation of the island has been raised by 2 feet and is protected by a seawall that extends along the entire eastern shoreline.
	www.caribbeanislandbrokers.com /islands-for-sale/Ragged-Caye (288 words)

	Bahama College Hangout
		The islands and cays sprawl across nearly 100,000 square miles of ocean, beginning at the northern point east of Palm Beach, Florida and spanning practically 750 miles to the southeast where they come inside 50 miles of Cuba and Haiti.
		Ragged Island is part of a long chain of islands and cays stretching from Long Island to Cuba.
		The island is small but scenic and beset by superb beaches and reefs, it is an ideal place for snorkeling, diving and fishing.
	groups.msn.com /bahamacollegehangout/yourwebpage7.msnw (1184 words)

	VDGIF > Hunting > WMAs > Ragged Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Within a few miles of one of Virginia’s busiest and most populated regions is the Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area, a largely unspoiled area of marshland and scattered woody hummocks.
		The Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area consists of 1,537 acres of brackish marsh and small pine islands along the south side of the lower James River.
		The area is bisected by U.S. Routes 17 and 258, and State Route 32, southwest of Newport News and Hampton at the southern end of the James River Bridge.
	www.dgif.virginia.gov /hunting/wma/ragged_island.html (422 words)

	Ragged Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ragged Island is a small island (9 square miles) and district in the southern Bahamas.
		The island was badly affected by Hurricane Donna and there has been a gradual emigration to more prosperous islands such as New Providence.
		Ragged Island is part of the Jumentos cays and Ragged Island Chain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ragged_Island (343 words)

	Private Charter - Air Charter Bahamas
		The Acklins are separated from Crooked Island bay a lagoon known as the Bight of Acklins.
		The island is famous for it's pineapples (claimed to be the most succulent on the planet) and it's beautiful pink sand beaches (Harbour Island).
		Inagua is the southernmost island of the Bahamas chain.
	www.aircharterbahamas.com /pages/bahamas_Islands.html (1458 words)

	The Nassau Guardian Online Guide
		Mr McKinney also said schools on the island were secured while the police patrolled the island to compile a list of persons that needed assistance with battening up their homes.
		Ragged Island residents prefer to stay at their homes rather than go to a shelter a shelter, claimed its Chief Councillor, Granville Hepburn on Tuesday.
		This island is very high and most of the residents prefer to ride out the storm at home, but if it gets to the point where they have to leave, I guess we will see what we can do and get them to the shelter," he said.
	www.thenassauguardian.com /national_local/281348028263489.php (1629 words)

	Angler's Passport - Your Passport to Fishing the World
		Located on one of the most remote islands of the Bahamas, Ragged Island Bonefish Club boasts some of the finest bonefishing anywhere.
		One thing that Ragged Island Bonefish Club boasts about is their unlimited use of guides.
		One of the great things about Ragged Island is the ease in which to get there from the U.S. It is a simple direct charter flight from Fort Lauderdale to Ragged Island once a week, Saturday to Saturday.
	www.anglerspassport.com /na/ragged_island.htm (412 words)

	Bahamas Ragged Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		One of the smallest islands in Bahamas only 9 sq miles located in the southern part of the archipelague, extended near to Cuba, Ragged Island is taking part of the Jumentos cays and the Ragged Island Chain.
		What affected the most the island was Hurricane Donna in 1950 who destroyed many houses and caused a lot of land damage, cause to what almost all the inhabitants left the island and emigrated to Nassau, New Providence.
		Two of the least known islands in Bahamas, Acklins and Crooked Island are located in the southern and southeastern part of the bahamian arhipelague, about 280 miles far from Nassau.
	www.bahamas-onweb.com /bahamas-islands/bahamas-ragged-island.php (848 words)

	Chapter Excerpt: Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Beyond the islands, the open ocean was, as his father often said, as calm as a millpond.
		Ragged Island was six miles offshore, but Malin figured they could make it in a half hour on such a smooth sea.
		Then they were through the thickest of it and ahead Malin could see the Ragged Island ledges, their cruel seaweed-covered flanks softened by the mist.
	www.twbookmark.com /books/35/0446607177/chapter_excerpt8298.html (3624 words)

	MMI - God Wants A Small Ship Ministry
		There are over twenty important references to islands in the prophets which state unoquivicably that God has His eyes on the remotest of the islands of the sea, and that He has a plan for them to be included in His purpose to reach all the nations with the Gospel of His Son Jesus.
		Ragged Island for example, is a tiny little island in the Bahamas on the edge of the tractless barren waste of the Great Bahama Banks.
		There are many such "Ragged Islands" in the world, and the scriptures are clear that God has not forgotten them.
	maritimeministriesinc.org /nl-summer2001/small_ship.html (661 words)

	Cat Island (Bahamas) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cat Island is one of the central Bahamas, and one of its districts, and boasts the nation's highest point.
		Historically, the island gained wealth from cotton plantations, but slash and burn farming is now the main way of life for Cat Islanders.
		The population of Cat Island is 1,647 (2000 census).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cat_Island,_Bahamas (226 words)

	Boston Harbor Islands Park In-Depth \|\| Island Facts
		Island Tidbits are fun facts about the history, culture, nature, and wildlife of park islands.
		The sizes of the islands in the park change every hour, as the ocean tides ebb and flow on their shores.
		All totaled, the park islands change from 1,483 to 3,067 acres during the tidal cycle.
	www.bostonislands.org /manage/manage_park_factsheets.html (152 words)

	INTERNATIONAL_FISHING_JOURNAL_12
		Fishing the remarkable concentration of bonefish on the flats at Ragged Island is interesting.
		Ragged Island Bonefish Club has a desalinization plant, so there is plenty of fresh, sweet water.
		The guides have lived on Ragged Island all of their lives and were well trained by the Florida Keys guides who own the lodge.
	www.fishinginternational.com /journal/bjournal12.htm (528 words)

	Bahamas Out-Island, Ragged Island Bahamas
		Ragged Island is part of A long chain of islands stretching from the southern tip of Long Island, Bahamas, extending almost to Cuba.
		The Native population on this island is less than 80 people, most of which reside in Duncantown, the only village on the island.
		The total size of Ragged Island 9.5 square miles,and the highest point of elevation being 116ft.
	www.the-bahama-islands.com /ragged.html (227 words)

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		Related to Ragged Island Creek, which is included in the Chuckatuck Creek waterbody, the Plan indicates that there were “no significant violations of the VDEQ standards for temperature, pH, DO, or fecal coliform bacteria at any of the stations during the reporting period” (1992-1993).
		Ragged Island accounts for 25 % of the tidal marshes in the County.
		Should the Board believe that Ragged Island Creek warrants such protection, and such protection is best accomplished through state and federal jurisdiction, then the Board should support the nomination of Ragged Island Creek as an exceptional waterway.
	www.co.isle-of-wight.va.us /files/558.doc (2304 words)

	The Bahamian, about the Islands of The Bahamas and brief history
		Long Island (map) was the third Island to be discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
		Acklins Island (map) is long, narrow and hilly with numerous caves and bays along its western shore; a ferry provides transportation from Acklins Island to Crooked Island.
		As is Ragged Island (map), boasting under 100 residents.
	islands.thebahamian.com (1245 words)

	Bahamas
		The sickle-shaped Ragged Island Range stretches from the Jumento Cays at the southern tip of The Exumas curves east, then south down to Great Ragged Island, this two-by-five mile island bears a single settlement: Duncan Town.
		The total size of Ragged Island is 9.5 square miles, and the highest point of elevation is 116ft.
		The proprietors were mostly uninterested in the islands, and few of the settlements prospered.
	www.angelfire.com /realm3/caribbeantales/bahamas.html (2076 words)

	Ragged Island, and back up the Cays
		The weekly mailboat was in, anchored just inside the pass between Ragged Island and Hog Cay, and half-dozen skiffs zoomed back and forth across the shallow flats, carrying goods from the mailboat into Duncan Town.
		Ragged Island, with no natural harbor or deep-water access, seems an unlikely place for the only town in the Jumentos, but it was originally a sizeable settlement, based on the development of large salt ponds providing salt for the Cuban and Haitian trade.
		"The man I'm involved with, he a Ragged Island man." She said that it had been stressful at first, to move out to a tiny town on a tiny island, but she was glad she was away from Nassau, with its high crime rate and all the problems of a city.
	windom.cybox.com /logs/2000/04.04.html (2946 words)

	Old Maps of The Bahamas by Grace Galleries of Harpswell Maine
		In the late 18th century the backing was a greyish blue such as the backing on his Bahama Islands chart, but by the mid 19th century the backing was changed to a royal blue color.
		To use Steel's fascinating Bahama Islands chart which does not show north at the top, you have to turn it to follow the north compass pointers, of which there are three, and follow the radiating rhumb lines that come out of the compass centers.
		Boat Harbour divides the islands and hundreds of depth soundings appear in the water areas, which are hand colored in a light blue wash. Includes many small cays, bays and points, boat channels and Blackbeard's Rocks.
	www.gracegalleries.com /Bahamas.htm (1138 words)

	Ragged Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ragged Island use to have quite a prosperous Salt Industry.
		The Salt ponds were opened on Ragged in the late 19th Century by Mr.
		There are about 210 inhabitants on Ragged Island, 80 of whom are adults.
	www.bahamas.gov.bs /bahamasweb/aboutbahamas.nsf/0/d12c183ccb2c021f06256a87007b7e41?OpenDocument (186 words)

	Bahama Islands, Bahama Island, Bahamas Island, Nassau, Freeport
		The Bahama Islands consist of over 700 islands and cays, most of which are uninhabited, covering over 100,000 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean between South Florida and Hispaniola.
		In the 10th century, Lucayan Indians (a branch of the Arawaks) settled in the islands of the Bahamas.
		Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492 on the Bahamas Island of San Salvador (the former name of on Cat Island), he enslaved them and coupled with new diseases brought by Columbus and crew, wiped out the entire tribe within 25 years.
	www.the-bahama-islands.com (805 words)

	Haitian Migrants Transported From Ragged Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Stephen Armbrister, a Ragged Islander, told the Journal that he too had heard the rumours that some among the group had military training, but he could not identify the source of that rumour.
		Armbrister, the major concern facing Ragged Islanders who felt outnumbered by the illegal immigrants had been food, though he said there was also concern because some of the illegals had been "acting hostile" while incarcerated.
		Immigration Minister Shane Gibson described the situation on Ragged Island on Friday as "unruly," adding that the government was very concerned about reports that former Haitian police and military men were walking around as "normal" citizens, especially as it related to the safety of the island’s residents.
	www.jonesbahamas.com /?c=45&a=8415 (486 words)

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		The Jumentos Cays and Ragged Islands, which is home to Ragged Island Bonefish Club (RIBC), (http://www.angleradventures.com/raggedisland) are a long chain of tiny islands stretching from the southern tip of Long Island, Bahamas down almost to Cuba.
		Access to Ragged Island is through Nassau, connecting with a domestic air charter that brings you to the 4500’ runway at Duncan Town.
		Trips to Ragged Island Bonefish Club run Saturday to Saturday and are limited to intact groups of 6 during the months of February, March, April and May. The cost for this 7 night/6 day “unlimited” fishing package is $2450 per person.
	www.angleradventures.com /AANewsOCT19.htm (1409 words)

	NATURE. The Living Edens: Arctic Oasis\| PBS
		Despite its barren appearance the island's lowlands are home to 100,000 geese that return annually to nest.
		Its mountains house the largest population of polar bears in North America, and the shallows around the island are feeding grounds for walrus, as well as bowhead and beluga whales.
		So harsh is the weather in the island that at one point, the crew teams were entirely isolated from each other for weeks at a time.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/arcticoasis/filmmaker.html (823 words)

	LocalGovernment.htm
		Cay Sal Bank, Ocean Cay, Bimini Islands, and Grand Bahama Island are among the closest to the United States.
		The Caicos Passage separates the Bahamas from the Turks and Caicos Islands on the east.
		The 1990 and 2000 censuses are reported by "Island" (or island group), and then by "Supervisory District".
	www.briland.com /LocalGovernment.htm (524 words)

	Bahamas Districts
		The Out Islands, or Family Islands (a synonymous phrase that the tourist industry finds more appealing), are all the Bahamas except New Providence and Grand Bahama.
		Local Government is an acknowledgement by the present government that a central government distant from many communities particularly in the Family Islands, cannot adequately respond to the daily needs of Family Island communities in a timely fashion....
		Because of the geographical separation of the island from New Providence, the capital, it was felt that the Family Island situation was more urgent....
	www.statoids.com /ubs.html (917 words)

	Great_Inagua_Mayaguana_Ragged_Islands
		Imagine a distant island with only one guide, surrounded by wadable flats stretching out from rugged deserted shorelines, flats with bonefish and schools of permit, and then, a large inland lake with rolling tarpon.
		Island News: The Ragged Island Bonefish Club is no longer in operation.
		Unexplored and unfished areas are their specialty, though they already have a lot of experience in many areas of the Bahamas such as the West Side of Andros, the southern tip of Long Island, the remote cays of Exuma, and the southern flats of Acklins.
	www.bahamasflyfishingguide.com /inagua.html (862 words)

	Bahamas travel guide - Wikitravel
		The Bahamas are an extensive chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, USA and to the northeast of Cuba.
		British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783.
		The capital, Nassau, on New Providence Island is one of the world's busiest cruise ship ports, and is well served by ships that originate from Florida.
	wikitravel.org /en/Bahamas (1549 words)

	Air Charter Flights - Long Island - Air Charter Bahamas
		Long Island, Bahamas, was cast from a different mold.
		Similar to the other "out" islands, you'll find the straw markets, vegetable stands, and the catch of the day.
		And like all the Bahamian "out" islands (and Long Island is out there - 160 miles southeast of Nassau), there's excellent; swimming, diving, fishing, boating, tennis, biking and other outdoor sporting activities.
	www.aircharterbahamas.com /pages/longisland.html (726 words)

	Private Island Property in the Bahamas
		Situated in the Ragged Island Cays, this immense private island has over 30,000 feet (9 km) of shoreline.
		Two large ponds, fertile soil, and a sheltered harbour are also features of the island.
		Little Ragged Island has an abundant supply of fresh water and the fishing in the area is reputed to be excellent.
	www.privateislandsonline.com /littleraggedcbbh.htm (151 words)

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