Harbour Island, Bahamas has long been considered the most beautiful of the Bahamian islands; a tiny haven of tranquility and beauty, along with the friendliest people you'll ever meet. Sunsets wash the coral sand beaches in a soft pink hue inspiring the reference of "pink sand" from travelers all over the world. Protection by an offshore reef provides some of the most spectacular diving and snorkeling in all the Caribbean. Surrounded by the Atlantic on one side and the bay on its Western shores, the island's harbor provides docking and anchorage all ocean goers from the serious sport fisherman to the pleasure cruiser. "

Documented Bahamian history begins with the words, "Baja Mar," the name the Spanish bestowed on the islands. This term though misleading means "shallow sea," but the islands are really mountains plateaus that emerged from the Atlantic hundreds of thousands of years ago. As they grew, they hosted countless generations of coral, which today comprise the island's limestone base.

The geography of the islands attracted many well-known pirates such as the infamous Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, and Anne, who dominated the islands for 70 Years in what was known as "The Golden Age of Piracy". Their chief occupation was luring unsuspecting ships into the treacherous shallow water, then pouncing on and plundering them like insects trapped in a spider's web. Britain, which claimed the island in 1670, remained powerless against their predictions for almost 50 years until the first governor, Woodes Rogers, drove the Pirates out in 1718.

During Prohibition and the "Roaring Twenties," The Bahamas transformed into a base for rum-running, But after Prohibition was repealed, the islands again lapsed into economic stagnation. Prosperity did not return until World War II, when the Bahamas as an air and sea way-station in the Atlantic. Shortly after, the new industry of tourism changed the priorities in the islands. For the fist time, the beauty and life of the islands were recognized as an asset, When Cuba was closed to US tourists in the 1950's, The Bahamas forged ahead to become one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.

Capitalizing on its close proximity to the United States, the government of the Islands of the Bahamas set out to increase the number of people who visited it each year. It dredged Nassau's harbor so it could accommodate up to six cruise ships at a time, and it build a bridge connection Nassau to Paradise Island. In 1964, Great Britain granted the Islands of the Bahamas limited self-government, and in 1969 the colony of The Bahamas because a Commonwealth. It then legally became a nation on July 10,1973 which is celebrated today as Bahamian Independence Day