11 Facts About Bimini

For many years, South Bimini tourists were limited to boaters because there were few accommodations other than private homes.

Bimini is close to Miami, Florida, many American anglers go to the islands by boat to fish or to enjoy the local nightlife.

Bimini is home to several landmarks said to contain mystical properties of obscure origins.

Bimini is home to several unique, endemic and threatened species.

The Bimini Boa, protected by Bahamian law, is the largest of the terrestrial reptiles on Bimini.

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The Bimini Ameiva is a very common, fast-moving lizard on the island.

Bimini worked on To Have and Have Not and wrote a few articles, but mostly he fished aboard his boat Pilar, trolling the deep blue offshore waters for marlin, tuna and swordfish.

An Atlantic blue marlin with a mass of 500 pounds caught off Bimini allegedly inspired Hemingway to write The Old Man and the Sea and Islands in The Stream.

South Bimini was home to Colonel Joseph C Mackey, the founder of Mackey Airlines, which was later bought by Eastern Airlines.

Bimini stayed in Bimini from January 1967 to April 1969 in self-imposed exile until the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the House had acted unconstitutionally when it excluded Powell, a duly elected member.

Bimini's made the Top 10 in the Miss World contest in Sun City, South Africa.