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Waves at St. Margaret's Bay in 2013 St. Margaret's Bay is a town in Portland Parish , Jamaica . [ 1 ] It is located on the Northern Coastal Highway to the west of Port Antonio .
Portland, with its capital town Port Antonio, is a parish located on Jamaica's northeast coast. It is situated to the north of St Thomas and to the east of St Mary in Surrey County . It is one of the rural areas of Jamaica, containing part of the Blue Mountains , where the Jamaican Maroon communities of Moore Town and Charles Town are located.
The ruling gradient was 1 in 63 with the line climbing approximately 550 feet (170 m) in 18 miles (29 km) (average gradient 1 in 173) from Bog Walk (approximately 250 feet (76 m)) to its summit at Highgate (approximately 800 feet (240 m)) then descending approximately 750 feet (230 m) in just 9 miles (14 km) (average gradient 1 in 63) to the Wag Water Bridge (just above sea level) and ...
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Port Antonio was a settlement first established in Spanish Jamaica, when it was known as Puerto Anton. [1] Portland formally became a parish in 1723 by order of the Duke of Portland, the then-Governor of Jamaica after whom it is named. The existing port was to be called Port Antonio and was slated to become a naval stronghold.
St. Margaret's Bay may refer to: In Canada. St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia on the South Shore of Nova Scotia; St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia (administrative district), a political division; Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia; In England. St. Margaret's Bay, Kent; In Jamaica. St. Margaret's Bay, Jamaica
List of bays and coves of Jamaica: A bay is a body of water forming an indentation along the shoreline of a landmass, larger than a cove (i.e. Jade Cove) but smaller than a gulf (i.e. The Gulf or The Gulf of Mexico) Cagway Bay; Orange Bay (Hanover Parish) Orange Bay (Portland Parish) Xtabi; The following are bays in Jamaica: Buff Bay; i Montego Bay
The St. Ann Parish Church is located at the corner of Main St. and Church St. and was constructed in 1871. The St. Ann’s Bay Courthouse is located nearby and was constructed in 1860. [4] St. Ann’s Bay is also home to Jamaica’s first prison, and is a reflection of the town’s early importance and position of authority.