Caribbean Tales - The Bahamas - The Bimini Islands
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The Biminis
Are a tiny group of islands, consisting of North Bimini: 7 miles x 700
ft at widest points, and South Bimini: 4 sq miles, separated by a shallow,
narrow channel. Cat Cay and Gun Cay. They are located 50 miles east of Miami,
Florida, where the waters of Florida's Gulfstream meets The Bahama Banks,
the Bahamian island closest to the United States, and 120 miles northwest
of Nassau.
Alice Town, the "commercial centre" of Bimini, consists of a single
quiet road called the King's Highway, lined with a few small homes and shops.
Bimini's modern history begins in the 16th century when Spain's Juan Ponce
de Leon searched for a New World Fountain of Eternal Youth. Instead, he discovered
Florida, as well as a rendezvous for rum runners and wreckers who plundered
the ships that ran aground reefs.