Spanish Wells
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Spanish Wells is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the island of Eleuthera. It has a population of approx 1,527 residents.
Spanish Wells is a small island (about half a mile wide by 2 miles long), located off the northern tip of Eleuthera Island, in the Bahamas. Historically, the island was used as a last stop for Spanish ships returning to Europe, where these ships refilled their water supply from wells created for this purpose - thus the English name of the island: Spanish Wells.
The first colonists were the Eleutheran Adventurers from Bermuda (intending to be some of the first settlers of Eleuthera), who suffered shipwreck on a reef off Eleuthera in 1647. They ended up at Spanish Wells. Among other, later, groups of settlers were Crown loyalists, who left the United States after the American Revolutionary War.
Many of the people on Spanish Wells share the surname Pinder.
Currently, (2006) Spanish Wells is a center for lobster fishing in the Bahamas. In the past, commercial illicit recreational pharmaceutical products, being shipped from South America to North America.
The area suffered extensive property damage during a direct hit from hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Floyd in 1999.
References: Eleuthera the island called Freedom by Everild Young, Regency Press, London 1969
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