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Bermuda’s Favourite Haunts: Gibbs Hill Lighthouse
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Bermuda’s Favourite Haunts: Gibbs Hill Lighthouse

Completed and activated on May 1, 1846, accounts of unaccountable events at Gibbs Hill Lighthouse have been noted by a few past lighthouse keepers. The following was related to Mac Musson by Michael Dolding of Marine & Ports, part of whose job it is to oversee the care of our two lighthouses! Since reports along the same lines are heard from other folk, one wonders at the strange recording of someone’s anxiety from the past that left this on-going impression…


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When History Meets Luxury: Sandymount

A hidden gem of Bermuda, the restored former pirate fortress, Sandymount is Bermuda’s newest addition to the luxury vacation rental market. The two-and-a-half acre Bailey's Bay property sits on a peninsula encompassing a historic fort site that has unobstructed panoramic…


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Bermuda’s Favourite Haunts: Orange Valley

When a storm blows in from the northwest, and a sharp wind funnels between the hills which form a ridge above Orange Valley, the old house heaves and creaks and the windows rattle ominously.   Standing in the dimly lit…


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Bermuda’s Favourite Haunts: The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity

Our visitors are not exempt from the past. We can tell you of two incidents, totally unrelated and involving people from different walks of life and very different locations on the North American continent. One involves a couple of middle…


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Bermuda’s Favourite Haunts: The Minerva

Here is a tale of far more incredible proportions. The Minerva was built on the North Shore in Bermuda, early in the 19th Century. She had developed an enviable mercantile reputation by the time she left Ely’s Harbour under full…

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Bermuda’s Favourite Haunts: Belair, Paget

My acquaintance with Belair began in the summer of 1970. Theatrical director Jack Manning and his Bermudian wife, Frances Smith, were renting the house from the Moncure Robinson estate. At the time, I was friendly with Frances’ younger sister Lisa…