The Carenage

The Carenage from Belmont

The Carenage comes from a French term related to cleaning the hull of a ship. This is why you will find a "Carenage" in lots of Caribbean islands. There are a number of brick buildings in this area, which is uncommon for the rest of the island. This is because during the slave trade, bricks from the various European countries were used as extra weight for the ships. When the slaves were unloaded so were the bricks and then the ships were loaded with goods going back. So while they are beautiful they have a tragic history of man's inhumanity to man

Grenada's Carenage is a pretty little u shaped harbour. You can find fishing boats, restaurants and this is also where the Osprey leaves to go to Carriacou. I love the small row boats selling Jacks, Christ of the Deep (a statue to thank Grenadians for assisting Italian cruise ship passengers when the ship sank in the Carenage- the "Bianca C") and the British phone booths.

There is really not much point in going past half way. I would recommend a hike up past H.A. Blaize Street. Keep your eyes open there are stairs up everywhere. You can take beautiful photos looking down on the Carenage.

Carenage from Lower Lucas Street



The National library just received help from the Vatican to rebuild it! Hooray!