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Harrington Sound is a large inland body of water in the northeast of the main island of 
Harrington Sound is surrounded by the parishes of Smith's, Hamilton Parish Council
/ref> Local superstition stipulates the crater is bottomless. There are numerous small islands in the sound, notably Trunk Island. As Bermuda's human population (and fishing) has increased there has been an equivalent drop in the populations of the sound's formerly abundant shellfish, such as Bermuda Scallops.
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. It is surrounded by the main island on all sides, only appearing open to the ocean via a small channel called Flatt's Inlet in the southwest. Much of the sound's water flows to and from the ocean via cavern systems, notably Crystal Cave and Leamington Cave.
Harrington Sound is surrounded by the parishes of Smith's, Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
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, and St. George's. It is well known for fishing, swimming, sailing and kayaking.
The sound was named for Lucy Harington
Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford ( Harington; 1580–1627) was a major aristocratic patron of the arts and literature in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, the primary non-royal performer in contemporary court masques, a letter-writer, and a ...
, Countess of Bedford. She was an ''adventurer'' (shareholder
A shareholder (in the United States often referred to as stockholder) of a corporation is an individual or legal entity (such as another corporation, a body politic, a trust or partnership) that is registered by the corporation as the legal own ...
) in the Somers Isles Company
The Somers Isles Company (fully, the Company of the City of London for the Plantacion of The Somers Isles or the Company of The Somers Isles) was formed in 1615 to operate the English colony of the Somers Isles, also known as Bermuda, as a commer ...
./ref> Local superstition stipulates the crater is bottomless. There are numerous small islands in the sound, notably Trunk Island. As Bermuda's human population (and fishing) has increased there has been an equivalent drop in the populations of the sound's formerly abundant shellfish, such as Bermuda Scallops.
References
Sounds of Bermuda Hamilton Parish Smith's Parish St. George's Parish, Bermuda {{Bermuda-geo-stub