Hope Town is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the Abaco islands. Hopetown is a small village on Elbow Cay, located in Abaco. Golf carts are the main source of transportation. The Districts of the Bahamas provide a system of local government everywhere in the Bahamas except New Providence, whose affairs are handled directly by the central government. ... The Abaco islands lie in the northern Bahamas and comprise the main islands of Great Abaco and Little Abaco, together with the smaller Wood Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Great Guana Cay, Gorda Cay, Elbow Cay, Man-o-War Cay, Strangers Cay, Umbrella Cay, Walkers Cay and Mores Island. ...
Elbow Reef Light
Hope Town features one of the last operational oil-fueled lighthouses in the world. This lighthouse is striped red and white. It's light can be seen from 17 miles away.
Hurricanes
Probably Hope Town's most notable hurricane was Hurricane Floyd that hit Hope Town on September 14, 1999 as a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
A mooring is better than setting your own anchor in HopeTown, because there isn’t sufficient swinging room and you may foul your anchor in one of the many huge old chains which were sunk here to help hold the old sailing ships during hurricanes.
The main settlement of HopeTown is on the east side of the harbor.
HopeTown is an ideal location from which to explore Abaco, even if you’re not on a boat.
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