Insight Guides: Pocket Jamaica by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Jamaica
Publisher: APA
Published: 2016-05-16T16:00:00+00:00

Black River

Once a major port on the south coast, Black River is now a small, sleepy town on the banks of the river from which it took its name. Its industry was the export of red logwood and the dyes of indigo and Prussian blue, which were extremely valuable in Britain. There is still some fine Georgian architecture here, but most visitors come to see the Great Morass Mangrove Swamp • [map], also called Lower Morass. This area, which should not be confused with the Great Morass near Negril, is about 32,375 hectares (80,000 acres) of freshwater and tidal wetlands. The Mangrove Swamp and rush beds are an important habitat for many species of birds and fish, as well as home to a small population of Jamaican crocodiles. Smaller than the Florida species and said to be more docile, they grow to 6m (20ft) in length and can live to an age of 100 years.

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