Walker's Cay is the northernmost island in the Bahamas, part of the North Abaco district. Once a popular sport fishing location, the island has been deserted since 2004, following severe hurricane damage. The island is currently undergoing renovation under new ownership.
An avid sailor, yacht designer and developer, Mark Soverel in July acquired Spanish Cay, a 183-acre island in the Abacos Islands in the northeastern Bahamas. The island was once owned by Clint Murchison, former owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and provided a private getaway for politicians and celebrities.
Geography. Walker's Cay lies 53 miles (85 km) to the northeast of West End, Grand Bahama and 105 miles northeast of Jupiter, Florida, in the northern Bahamas.
Allen was born in Rochester, NY, and received a degree in Business from Villanova University. After college, Mr. Allen began working for Heritage Bag Company in a production capacity. Throughout his career he worked in nearly every department within the company, eventually becoming President/CEO.
The Legend Lives On. For over fifty years, Walker's Cay has been known worldwide as a premier fishing location of the Bahamas. Closed to the public since 2005, the northernmost Bahamian island has since returned to its pristine, natural state, where it has remained virtually uninhabited. Until now.
There is a fast ferry that runs from the city of Nassau, Bahamas directly to Spanish Wells, and also airlines that fly from Nassau and the United States to North Eleuthera Airport (ELH), where you will need to take two short taxi rides (land-8 miles and water-1 mile) to Spanish Wells.
The Bahamas was once a British crown colony in 1718 and achieved its independence from Britain on July 10, 1973. The Bahamas is a self-governing member of the Commonwealth and a member of the United Nations.
As in the nearby cays of Green Turtle and Man-O-War, the village included many vacation homes, and much of it has been destroyed. The lighthouse still stands, and has been called a beacon of hope by residents who plan to rebuild.
Hope Town is one of the safest places in the Bahamas, and the local residents work hard to keep it that way. Crime is nearly non-existent. One can walk safely anywhere on the island at any time. Occupied houses are rarely locked.
Nine weeks after being evacuated from Hope Town on Elbow Cay in the days after Hurricane Dorian's devastating landfall there, the island's beloved grocer, baker and Methodist minister went home last Wednesday..
Green Turtle Cay recorded no deaths during Dorian, but only a 10-minute boat ride across the Sea of Abaco, the island of Great Abaco is facing an apocalyptic aftermath in which military personnel are still actively searching for bodies.
There was an island-wide power outage on Grand Bahama Island, and an oil refinery was damaged. About 300 homes on the island were destroyed or severely damaged, with the heaviest damage on the eastern side of the island. At least 60% of Grand Bahama Island was left submerged as Dorian moved away on September 3.
FREEPORT, Bahamas — One month after deadly hurricane Dorian destroyed communities in the Bahamas, the people of Freeport are still living in the devastation. When hurricane Dorian stalled over Grand Bahama Island for nearly two days, it slammed Freeport with nearly 20 feet of storm surge and 185 mph winds.
The 185-mph winds pounded Green Turtle Cay, a 3-mile-long barrier island, for more than 30 hours — flattening nearly half the structures and littering the streets with what used to be homes and businesses. She stayed after Dorian to stock and operate the island's only medical clinic.
Much of the severe damage appears to be concentrated on the Abaco islands, a chain of islands in the northern Bahamas known as a boating destination. The Prime Minister said Tuesday that parts of Abaco are 60% destroyed. Local communities within the Abaco islands have reported significant damage.
