Treasure Beach, Beach coves in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica.
Treasure Beach is the name for a stretch of five coves and their settlements in Saint Elizabeth Parish: Fort Charles Bay, Billy's Bay, Frenchman's Bay, Calabash Bay and Great (Pedro) Bay. Fort Charles Bay, the first reached from Black River, has an 18 km beach used for swimming; Calabash Bay has a 600 m strip of brown sand mixed with black magnetite. Great Pedro Bay is the most easterly, where the road ends.
The name Treasure Beach comes from the Treasure Beach Hotel, built and opened in the early 1900s by Canadian Ernest George Hamilton Dicker, who had been invited by the Senior family. The hotel's name was later applied to the five bays and settlements around it. Hurricane Beryl struck the villages on 3 July 2024 and caused a great deal of damage.
The name Treasure Beach comes from the Treasure Beach Hotel, opened by Canadian Ernest George Hamilton Dicker in the early 1900s after the Senior family invited him; the name later passed to the five bays. Calabash Bay is a fishing settlement of about 3,000 people, and Billy's Bay is the second fishing beach reached from Black River.
Minor roads link the coves to the main highway at Black River or Santa Cruz; they can suffer damage in heavy rain but are usually passable with care, and have been rehabilitated in recent years. The road ends at Great Pedro Bay, the most easterly settlement, whichever direction you come from.
The name Treasure Beach comes from "The Treasure Beach Hotel", built and opened in the early 1900s by Canadian Ernest George Hamilton Dicker, who had been invited by the Senior family; the name later passed to the five bays and settlements around it.
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