The result is a
narrow lake 410 miles (660 kilometers) long — 60 miles (97 kilometers) longer than Lake Superior — and 3,600
feet (1,100 meters) wide, twice the width of the
natural river channel.
Eleuthera is a nature - lover's paradise, offering many
natural adventures and fascinating sites to explore: the one - of - a-kind Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, home to a large variety of native flora and fauna; world - renowned Ocean Hole blue hole, supposedly explored by Jacques Cousteau and rumored to have healing powers; the famous Glass Window Bridge,
narrowest point on the island where the Atlantic Ocean separates the calm Exuma Sound by 30
feet; Boiling Hole, Ocean Hole and Queen's Bath; and interesting caves like Preacher's Cave, Hatchet Bay Cave and Boiling Hole Cave.
In 1540, expeditions under Hernando de Alarcon and Melchior Diaz visited the area and immediately saw the
natural crossing of the Colorado River as an ideal spot for a city, as the Colorado River
narrows to slightly under 1,000
feet wide in one small...