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Inagua

January 07, 2023

Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas, comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua. The headquarters for the district council are in Matthew Town.[1]

District of Inagua
District
Country Bahamas
IslandGreat Inagua
Established1800
Government
 • TypeDistrict Councils
 • Chief CouncillorKennard Rolle
 • Deputy Chief CouncillorDometrius Taylor
 • Island AdministratorMarlon Leary
Area
 • Total1,679 km2 (648 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total913
 • Density0.54/km2 (1.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code242

History

The original settlers were the Lucayan people, who arrived sometime between 500 and 800 CE, crossing in dugout canoes from Hispaniola and/or Cuba to the Bahamas.[2]

The name Heneagua was derived from a Spanish expression meaning 'water is to be found there'.[3] Two names of apparent Lucayan origin, Inagua (meaning "Small Eastern Island") and Baneque (meaning "Big Water Island"), were used by the Spanish to refer to Great Inagua.[4]

Between the years of 1500 and 1825, many documented treasure laden ships were destroyed on Inaguan reefs. The two most valuable wrecks lost off the Inaguas were treasure-laden Spanish galleons: the Santa Rosa in 1599; and the Infanta in 1788. Other ships of considerable value that were wrecked there include the French Le Count De Paix in 1713,[5] the British HMS Lowestoffe in 1801,[6][7] and the British HMS Statira in 1815.[8]

As early as the 1600s, salt was being produced and shipped to Spanish colonies,[9] and its extraction was a going business by 1803.[9]

Henri Christophe, king of northern Haiti from 1811 to 1820, built[when?] a summer retreat at the Northeast Point of Great Inagua.[9] Local legend has it that he also buried a cache of gold there.[10]

By 1918, after the end of World War I, lower salt prices and competition had driven the small producers on Great Inagua out of business, and the salt works were abandoned except for incidental local use.[11]

In 1935, the Erickson brothers from Massachusetts founded West India Chemicals Ltd., purchasing the abandoned salt works from the British government.[12] They drilled test holes, set up offices, and began restoration of the buildings, but the locals[13] felt threatened, fearing changes to the power structure status quo.[14] In August 1937, a riot broke out, an employee was killed, and the Ericksons were forced to flee.[15][16] They soon returned, and full-scale development resumed.[17]

In the mid-1950s, Morton Salt bought the Great Inagua saltworks,[18] which includes over 80 salt ponds,[19][self-published source] now the second largest such operation in North America.[17] Morton is the major employer on the island.[20][21][22]

Islands

Great Inagua

Great Inagua is the second largest island in the Bahamas at 596 sq mi (1544 km2) and lies about 55 miles (89 kilometres) from the eastern tip of Cuba. The island is about 55 by 19 mi (89 by 31 km) in extent and mostly flat with some sand hills, the highest points being East Hill at 132 ft (40 m), Salt Pond Hill at 102 ft (31 m), and James Hill at 90 ft (27 m).[3] It encloses several lakes, most notably the 12-mile (19 km) long Lake Windsor (also called Lake Rosa) which occupies nearly a quarter of the interior. The population of Great Inagua is 913 (2010 census).[23]

The island's capital and only harbour is Matthew Town, named after George Matthew, a 19th-century Governor of the Bahamas. This town houses the Morton Salt Company’s main facility, producing one million tonnes of sea salt a year — the second largest solar saline operation in North America and Inagua's main industry.[citation needed]

Great Inagua Airport (IATA: IGA, ICAO: MYIG) is located nearby.[citation needed]

A large bird sanctuary in the centre of the island has a population of more than 80,000 West Indian flamingoes and many other bird species, including the Bahama parrot, Inagua woodstar, Bahama pintail, brown pelican, tricolored heron, snowy egret, reddish egret, stripe-headed tanager, double-crested cormorant, Neotropic cormorant, roseate spoonbill, American kestrel, and burrowing owl. The Union Creek National Reserve is specially set aside for the study of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas).[24][25]

Little Inagua

The neighbouring Little Inagua, 8 km (5 mi; 4 nmi) to the northeast, is uninhabited and occupied by a large Land and Sea Park.[24] It has an area of 30 sq mi (78 km2), with herds of feral donkeys and goats (descendants of stock introduced by the French). Various species of endangered sea turtles breed on the island.[24] Little Inagua has a large protective reef extending up to 1 mile (1,600 m) away from the island in all directions, which prevents boats from coming too close.[citation needed]

Gallery

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    Main Guest House in Matthew Town, Great Inagua

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    Downtown Matthew Town, Great Inagua

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    Old disused prison, Matthew Town, Great Inagua

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    Window in old prison, Matthew Town, Great Inagua

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    Modern police station, Matthew Town, Great Inagua

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    Grocery store in Matthew Town, Great Inagua

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    Part of the Morton Salt facilities on the north shore of Great Inagua

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    Northern rocky shore of Great Inagua exposing Pleistocene reef limestones

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    Great Inagua and Little Inagua viewed from the International Space Station on 2022-12-09

Notes

  1. ^ In 2012 $20,000 was contracted for repairs to the government complex in Matthew Town, including repairs to "the clock tower rooftop, the post office area and the upstairs district council area." McCartney, Juan (13 June 2012). "Minister's contract claims disputed". The Nassau Guardian. from the original on 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ Keegan, William F. (1992). The people who discovered Columbus : the prehistory of the Bahamas. Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1137-X. OCLC 25317702.
  3. ^ a b Saunders, Gail (1993). The Bahamas: A Family of Islands (second ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-333-59212-0.
  4. ^ Julian Granberry and Gary S. Vescelius. (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles. The University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-5123-X p. 83
  5. ^ Brooks, Baylus C. (2016). Quest for Blackbeard: The True Story of Edward Thache and His World. Lake City, Florida: Lulu. pp. 225–226. ISBN 978-1-365-32821-3. citing "America and West Indies: July 1716," Calendar of State Papers; "Journal, July 1716: Journal Book S," Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations, Volme 3; March 1715 – October 1718 (1924), pp. 159–173
  6. ^ Goodwin, Peter (2002). Nelson's Ships: A History of the Vessels in which he Served: 1771–1805. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-8117-1007-7.
  7. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  8. ^ The Statira Shoal, just southeast of Great Inagua, is named after it and is where the ship wrecked. Barnett, Edward; et al. (1887). "The Bahamas general description, population, exports and imports: Great Inagua". The West India Pilot, Volume II (Fourth ed.). London: HM Hydrographic Office. p. 486.
  9. ^ a b c Pavlidis, Stephen J. (2002). On and off the beaten path: The central and southern Bahamas guide from south Florida to the Turks and Caicos (second ed.). Port Washington, Wisconsin: Seaworthy Publications. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-9639566-9-9.
  10. ^ Hannau, Hans W.; Mock, Bernd H. (1973). Beneath the Seas of the West Indies: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda. New York: Hastings House. p. 47. OCLC 253266419., reprinted in 1984 in London by Robert Hale Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7090-2064-6
  11. ^ Erickson 1987, p. 25.
  12. ^ Erickson 1987, p. 27
  13. ^ Notably George and Willis Duvalier who were sentenced to hang as a result of the riot. "2 Brothers Doomed in Bahamas Slaying". The New York Times. 4 November 1937. p. 7.
  14. ^ "Blames Gang in Inagua". The New York Times. 9 September 1937. p. 8.
  15. ^ "One Slain, 15 exiled in Great Inagua Riot". The New York Times. 15 August 1937. p. 9.
  16. ^ Erickson 1987, pp. 113–114
  17. ^ a b "Morton Salt Factory". The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. from the original on 20 March 2016.
  18. ^ Kurlansky, Mark (2003). "Chapter Twentysix: Big Salt Little Salt". Salt: A World History. London: Penquin. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-14-200161-5.
  19. ^ Johnson, Patricia (2012). The Bahama Islands Some Facts You Should Know. Bloomington, Indiana: Xlibris. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-4797-0521-4.
  20. ^ In 2008 Morton employed about 60% of the island's working population. . The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. 27 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  21. ^ Scavella, Nico (20 April 2016). "Morton Salt Signs Five-Year Deal With Workers". The Tribune. The Bahamas. from the original on 21 April 2016.
  22. ^ Morton Salt’s Inagua facility damaged by Irma. The Nassau Gardian. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Inagua Population by Settlement and Total Number of Occupied Dwellings: 2010 Census" (PDF). Bahamas Department of Statistics. (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2016.
  24. ^ a b c "Ecotourism In Inagua". The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. from the original on 3 February 2017.
  25. ^ "National Park or Protected Area: Union Creek Reserve". National Geographic. from the original on 3 February 2017.

Further reading

  • Erickson, Margery O. (1987). Great Inagua. Garrison, New York: Capriole Press. OCLC 16662171.
  • Klingel, Gilbert C. (1940). The Ocean Island (Inagua). New York: Dodd, Mead. OCLC 1540989. Also published under the title: Inagua: Which is the Name of a Very Lonely and Nearly Forgotten Island. (Natural History of the island)
  • Stark, James H. (1891). Stark's History and Guide to the Bahama Islands. Boston: Boston Photo Electrotype Co. pp. 158-9. OCLC 1071967476.

External links

  • Great Inagua Photos, January 2006
  • The Nassau Guardian

Coordinates: 21°13′04″N 73°15′05″W / 21.21778°N 73.25139°W / 21.21778; -73.25139

January 07, 2023
inagua, southernmost, district, bahamas, comprising, islands, great, little, headquarters, district, council, matthew, town, district, districtcountrybahamasislandgreat, established1800government, typedistrict, councils, chief, councillorkennard, rolle, deputy. Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua The headquarters for the district council are in Matthew Town 1 District of InaguaDistrictCountryBahamasIslandGreat InaguaEstablished1800Government TypeDistrict Councils Chief CouncillorKennard Rolle Deputy Chief CouncillorDometrius Taylor Island AdministratorMarlon LearyArea Total1 679 km2 648 sq mi Population 2010 Total913 Density0 54 km2 1 4 sq mi Time zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT Area code242 Contents 1 History 2 Islands 2 1 Great Inagua 2 2 Little Inagua 3 Gallery 4 Notes 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory EditThe original settlers were the Lucayan people who arrived sometime between 500 and 800 CE crossing in dugout canoes from Hispaniola and or Cuba to the Bahamas 2 The name Heneagua was derived from a Spanish expression meaning water is to be found there 3 Two names of apparent Lucayan origin Inagua meaning Small Eastern Island and Baneque meaning Big Water Island were used by the Spanish to refer to Great Inagua 4 Between the years of 1500 and 1825 many documented treasure laden ships were destroyed on Inaguan reefs The two most valuable wrecks lost off the Inaguas were treasure laden Spanish galleons the Santa Rosa in 1599 and the Infanta in 1788 Other ships of considerable value that were wrecked there include the French Le Count De Paix in 1713 5 the British HMS Lowestoffe in 1801 6 7 and the British HMS Statira in 1815 8 As early as the 1600s salt was being produced and shipped to Spanish colonies 9 and its extraction was a going business by 1803 9 Henri Christophe king of northern Haiti from 1811 to 1820 built when a summer retreat at the Northeast Point of Great Inagua 9 Local legend has it that he also buried a cache of gold there 10 By 1918 after the end of World War I lower salt prices and competition had driven the small producers on Great Inagua out of business and the salt works were abandoned except for incidental local use 11 In 1935 the Erickson brothers from Massachusetts founded West India Chemicals Ltd purchasing the abandoned salt works from the British government 12 They drilled test holes set up offices and began restoration of the buildings but the locals 13 felt threatened fearing changes to the power structure status quo 14 In August 1937 a riot broke out an employee was killed and the Ericksons were forced to flee 15 16 They soon returned and full scale development resumed 17 In the mid 1950s Morton Salt bought the Great Inagua saltworks 18 which includes over 80 salt ponds 19 self published source now the second largest such operation in North America 17 Morton is the major employer on the island 20 21 22 Islands EditGreat Inagua Edit Great Inagua is the second largest island in the Bahamas at 596 sq mi 1544 km2 and lies about 55 miles 89 kilometres from the eastern tip of Cuba The island is about 55 by 19 mi 89 by 31 km in extent and mostly flat with some sand hills the highest points being East Hill at 132 ft 40 m Salt Pond Hill at 102 ft 31 m and James Hill at 90 ft 27 m 3 It encloses several lakes most notably the 12 mile 19 km long Lake Windsor also called Lake Rosa which occupies nearly a quarter of the interior The population of Great Inagua is 913 2010 census 23 The island s capital and only harbour is Matthew Town named after George Matthew a 19th century Governor of the Bahamas This town houses the Morton Salt Company s main facility producing one million tonnes of sea salt a year the second largest solar saline operation in North America and Inagua s main industry citation needed Great Inagua Airport IATA IGA ICAO MYIG is located nearby citation needed A large bird sanctuary in the centre of the island has a population of more than 80 000 West Indian flamingoes and many other bird species including the Bahama parrot Inagua woodstar Bahama pintail brown pelican tricolored heron snowy egret reddish egret stripe headed tanager double crested cormorant Neotropic cormorant roseate spoonbill American kestrel and burrowing owl The Union Creek National Reserve is specially set aside for the study of green sea turtles Chelonia mydas 24 25 Little Inagua Edit The neighbouring Little Inagua 8 km 5 mi 4 nmi to the northeast is uninhabited and occupied by a large Land and Sea Park 24 It has an area of 30 sq mi 78 km2 with herds of feral donkeys and goats descendants of stock introduced by the French Various species of endangered sea turtles breed on the island 24 Little Inagua has a large protective reef extending up to 1 mile 1 600 m away from the island in all directions which prevents boats from coming too close citation needed Gallery Edit Main Guest House in Matthew Town Great Inagua Downtown Matthew Town Great Inagua Old disused prison Matthew Town Great Inagua Window in old prison Matthew Town Great Inagua Modern police station Matthew Town Great Inagua Grocery store in Matthew Town Great Inagua Part of the Morton Salt facilities on the north shore of Great Inagua Northern rocky shore of Great Inagua exposing Pleistocene reef limestones Great Inagua and Little Inagua viewed from the International Space Station on 2022 12 09Notes Edit In 2012 20 000 was contracted for repairs to the government complex in Matthew Town including repairs to the clock tower rooftop the post office area and the upstairs district council area McCartney Juan 13 June 2012 Minister s contract claims disputed The Nassau Guardian Archived from the original on 3 February 2017 Keegan William F 1992 The people who discovered Columbus the prehistory of the Bahamas Jay I Kislak Reference Collection Gainesville University Press of Florida ISBN 0 8130 1137 X OCLC 25317702 a b Saunders Gail 1993 The Bahamas A Family of Islands second ed London Macmillan p 180 ISBN 978 0 333 59212 0 Julian Granberry and Gary S Vescelius 2004 Languages of the Pre Columbian Antilles The University of Alabama Press ISBN 0 8173 5123 X p 83 Brooks Baylus C 2016 Quest for Blackbeard The True Story of Edward Thache and His World Lake City Florida Lulu pp 225 226 ISBN 978 1 365 32821 3 citing America and West Indies July 1716 Calendar of State Papers Journal July 1716 Journal Book S Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations Volme 3 March 1715 October 1718 1924 pp 159 173 Goodwin Peter 2002 Nelson s Ships A History of the Vessels in which he Served 1771 1805 Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania Stackpole Books p 63 ISBN 978 0 8117 1007 7 Colledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing p 205 ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 The Statira Shoal just southeast of Great Inagua is named after it and is where the ship wrecked Barnett Edward et al 1887 The Bahamas general description population exports and imports Great Inagua The West India Pilot Volume II Fourth ed London HM Hydrographic Office p 486 a b c Pavlidis Stephen J 2002 On and off the beaten path The central and southern Bahamas guide from south Florida to the Turks and Caicos second ed Port Washington Wisconsin Seaworthy Publications p 300 ISBN 978 0 9639566 9 9 Hannau Hans W Mock Bernd H 1973 Beneath the Seas of the West Indies Caribbean Bahamas Florida Bermuda New York Hastings House p 47 OCLC 253266419 reprinted in 1984 in London by Robert Hale Ltd ISBN 978 0 7090 2064 6 Erickson 1987 p 25 Erickson 1987 p 27 Notably George and Willis Duvalier who were sentenced to hang as a result of the riot 2 Brothers Doomed in Bahamas Slaying The New York Times 4 November 1937 p 7 Blames Gang in Inagua The New York Times 9 September 1937 p 8 One Slain 15 exiled in Great Inagua Riot The New York Times 15 August 1937 p 9 Erickson 1987 pp 113 114 a b Morton Salt Factory The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Archived from the original on 20 March 2016 Kurlansky Mark 2003 Chapter Twentysix Big Salt Little Salt Salt A World History London Penquin p 350 ISBN 978 0 14 200161 5 Johnson Patricia 2012 The Bahama Islands Some Facts You Should Know Bloomington Indiana Xlibris p 25 ISBN 978 1 4797 0521 4 In 2008 Morton employed about 60 of the island s working population Workers at Bahamas Morton Salt plant end strike The San Diego Union Tribune Associated Press 27 August 2008 Archived from the original on 3 February 2017 Retrieved 3 February 2017 Scavella Nico 20 April 2016 Morton Salt Signs Five Year Deal With Workers The Tribune The Bahamas Archived from the original on 21 April 2016 Morton Salt s Inagua facility damaged by Irma The Nassau Gardian 11 September 2017 Retrieved 7 August 2019 Inagua Population by Settlement and Total Number of Occupied Dwellings 2010 Census PDF Bahamas Department of Statistics Archived PDF from the original on 30 June 2016 a b c Ecotourism In Inagua The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Archived from the original on 3 February 2017 National Park or Protected Area Union Creek Reserve National Geographic Archived from the original on 3 February 2017 Further reading EditErickson Margery O 1987 Great Inagua Garrison New York Capriole Press OCLC 16662171 Klingel Gilbert C 1940 The Ocean Island Inagua New York Dodd Mead OCLC 1540989 Also published under the title Inagua Which is the Name of a Very Lonely and Nearly Forgotten Island Natural History of the island Stark James H 1891 Stark s History and Guide to the Bahama Islands Boston Boston Photo Electrotype Co pp 158 9 OCLC 1071967476 External links EditGreat Inagua Photos January 2006 The Nassau Guardian Coordinates 21 13 04 N 73 15 05 W 21 21778 N 73 25139 W 21 21778 73 25139 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Inagua amp oldid 1126474626, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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