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The Abacos offer genuine historic-village-wandering experiences centered on British Loyalist settlements. **Hope Town** on Elbow Cay features well-preserved colonial architecture dating to 1785, pastel gingerbread cottages, and the iconic **Elbow Reef Lighthouse**—a manually-operated, kerosene-lit lighthouse built in 1862[2]. **New Plymouth** on Green Turtle Cay showcases New England-style colonial homes and the Albert Lowe Museum documenting Loyalist heritage[4]. **Man-O-War Cay** preserves centuries of boat-building tradition with contemporary artisans like Joe Albury crafting handmade vessels[1]. The region's settlement patterns trace directly to 1783 when 600 British Loyalists migrated to Carleton Point on Treasure Cay[5].
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