Cartwright's Caves: Now on private property these caves were once used by the Lucayan Indians. Call Leonard Cartwright for a guided tour 242-337-0235

Pineapple farming and fishing are what goes on in Cartwrights.

Churches: Father Jerome Hawes (-1956) built two churches worth visiting, "St. Paul's, an Angelic church and St. Peters a roman catholic church. Why two different religions? Father Jermone Hawes changed his religion.

Clarence Town has one of the prettiest harbors in the Bahamas. This is the reason why cruise ships such as the American Canadian Caribbean Line's Niagara Prince and Mayan Price anchors in Clarence Town.

Clarence Town is the island's capital.

The Government's packing house is in Clarence Town. It is here that once a week the mail boat collects produce brought to the packing house by the farmers in the area. The farmers sell the produce to the Government and in the local market.

Slave Canal: Slaves brought in by the Loyalists build this canal. The purpose was to allow water from teh ocean to flow into the ponds to make salt.

Most of the islanders live in Deadman's Cay, this is the main settlement and the largest town in Long Island.
Deadman's Cay Airport.
Dunmore's Caves:
Deadman's Cay Cave: look for the native drawings on the cavern wall.
St. Athanatius Church from 1929.

Deadman's Cay Sponge Company: Sponge harvesting that is exported around the world. You can also find sponges on the beach at our villa.

The morbid name, 'Deadman's Cay' is said to have come from when the dead were buried in a nearby cay just off shore from this town.

Dunmore Plantation Ruins. Dunmore was named for a former governor, Lord Dunmore, of The Bahamas. His former home lies in ruins here. It is situated on a hill overlookign the sea on three sides. Siz gateposts, a house with two fireplaces containing drawings of ships on the wall and an indication of a wheel that was once used is all that remains.

Diamond Crystal Salt Co. which produced salt and shrimp closed in the 1970's.

Gray's Woods Cotton Plantation Ruins are found in Grays. Grays is known for sheep farming.

Newton's Cay is an uninhabited island joined to the mainland by a short bridge across a creek.

Newton's Cay is the site of the model boat regatta in October with a barbecue and volleyball tournament.

Hamilton's Cave: one of the largest caves in the Bahamas (1500 ft). with stalagmites, stalactites, lucayan artifacts, and a stone walkway with saltwater on one side and fresh water on the other. Call Leonard Cartwright for a tour 242-337-0235.

Long Island Library and Museum: chronicles the islands history and culture.
tel/fax = 242-337-0500 Museum hours M-F 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm, Sun Closed.

Long Island Regatta (held in mid- May). Our villa is the place to stay during the Regatta. If you have an interest in sailboats the Regatta is for you. Sailboats participating in the Regatta will pass right by our villa to get to Salt Pond (which is on the other side of the peninsula our villa is located on). You can enjoy the view from our Lanai. The Regatta is a big four day festival event held in Salt Pond where Bahamians build their own sail boats by hand and compete in the event. Bands play during the event and rum is served. Another viewing option to is to walk down the driveway and straight across the road to the Bahamian Village (as of today Bahamian Village is not open but they hope to have a hot dog stand open during the Regatta where you can sit down under a hut to watch the Regatta). You can also walk to Salt Pond and board a spectator boat in for a close -up view of the action. The Regatta was started in 1967 by a boat lover named Rupert Knowles. Mr. Knowles has long since passed away in 1986 however, his relatives are still found on the island and his Regatta lives on. He is the grandfather of Judy Knowles (Judy owns a furniture store in Deadman's Cay). Judy opens up a bar area in the back of her furniture store during the Regatta. His son, Mac built a Regatta winner boat named Rupert's Legend in honor of his dad.

Salt Pond is the mail commercial node of Long Island. A small lobster fleet business is based here as well as a fish processing plant.

Mail boat 'Sherice M' arrives from Nassau weekly and the locals will gather for the occasion.

Salt Pond was named after the numerous salt ponds in this area.

St. Peter's Anglican Church and a Methodist Church.
Behind the post office is a small stone jail still bearing the sign 'HER MAJESTY's PRISON' but no longer in use.

Simms is one of the oldest towns on Long Island. It was named after a family who lived her in the 18th century. Ivy Simms, a direct decedent of this family started a designer straw craft business here.

Stella Marais was once an upscale residential community built on a hill overlooking the breezy rocky shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean. Although the homes are now older, the view is still spectacular. The beach is not protected by reefs so the waters can be sometime turbulent producing sever undertows (so we don't recommend swimming here). Have a quaint lunch Stella Marais Resort.

Stella Marais Airport.

Adderley's Plantation: The entire community lies on the old Adderely cotton Plantation. The cotton fields were purchased by a German developer in the 1960's which became Stella Marais Resort. The ruins consist of a group of 3 buildings and a small cemetery.