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1. Madey's Great House
(Cultural Heritage /Plantation)
... of the Cession from French to British, it was a 352 acres sugar plantation.  The new British owner was Michael Scott Esq. By 1772, the estate had a reduced size of 230 acres, comprising sugar canes, pasture ...
2. Samaritan Plantation House
(Cultural Heritage /Plantation)
... influence and prosperity brought about by the Cocoa Industry after the collapse of the Sugar Industry.  It was built by the Ferguson Family in the early 1900s, replacing a much smaller wooden building. ...
3. Morne Fendue Plantation House
(Cultural Heritage /Plantation)
... of Heritiers l'Espagnol a 393 acres sugar plantation.  With the coming of the British in 1763, the estates fell under the ownership of  John A. Rucker and Robert Harvey, Esqrs;  By 1772,  Harvey and Rucker ...
4. Mt Reuil Estate
(Cultural Heritage /Plantation)
... of 140 slaves.  However, over the ensuing years a gradual transformation was made to sugar production. Thus, by 1800 the estate was recorded as 272 acres, owned by Cross and J. Mc Innes and was in the ...
5. OLD SUGAR RUIN - ROUND PILLARS PARADISE ESTATE
(Cultural Heritage /Plantation)
... were the base for parts of the old Aqueduct system and for buildings such as the curing house Paradise Estate was one of the early large estates in Grenada.  Started by the French, the 646 acres sugar ...
6. Mt. Rose Great House
(Cultural Heritage /Plantation)
... the mid 1770s the estate grew to 292 acres with a compliment of 90 slaves with a new and old sugar works. By the end of this period it had the La Taste estate attached to it, was then owned by John Campbell ...
7. RIVER ANTOINE ESTATE
(Cultural Heritage /Plantation)
... on pursuing information on an Antoine who had owned lands in the St. Patrick's area. The River Antoine Rum Distillery is the oldest known functioning water-powered sugar mill in the entire Western ...
... but the andesite domes of Levera Hill and Levera (Sugar Loaf) Island represent volcanic activity near the end of the Miocene time. Thought to be concurrent with the Levera events were the eruption of ...
9. Fort Du Marquis
(Cultural Heritage /Forts)
... the water powered sugar mills at Beausejour and Molinere. As seen in the diagram, the canal ran along the hills, then, flowing down the present new concrete road opposite the medical station, then crossing ...
10. Grenadians Superstitions & Scary Stories
(Cultural Heritage /Francophone influences )
... “asham” which is made of dried corn, pounded to a powder, sifted and mixed with sugar. Bags of this powdery mixture are passed around as the living meet and chat among the tombs of their ancestors.  ...
11. Spice and everything Nice
(Natural Heritage/Our environnment )
... only rival in the nutmeg trade) were not cultivated in any scientific manner. When the manager of Belvidere, a Mr. Gurney, decided to switch from sugar cane to the cultivation of nutmeg on a large scale, ...
12. Mangroves
(Natural Heritage/Our environnment )
... Each leaf has two glands, called nectarines, at its base that excrete sugar. Many insects feed on the excreted sugar Flowers: flower clusters (panicles) are generally branched and spreading. They are ...
13. Grenada and the Flagship species
(Natural Heritage/Our environnment )
... settlers and the extermination of the indigenous human populations (Brizan 1984). The earliest European settlers cultivated tobacco, indigo and livestock (Smith 1824), but with the arrival of sugar ...
... Even before this, the area around the lagoon, called Belmont (beautiful hill and once owned by a Thomas Townsend), has been recognize as one of the oldest village system on the Island. With is old sugar ...
15. A History of Westerhall Estate
(Cultural Heritage /Plantation)
... the name of his newly acquired property, also to Westerhall. The estate, at that time planted in Sugar Cane, Cocoa and Limes, consisted of 951 acres, a sizeable property by Grenadian standards. Being ...
... each other's company.  The children buy packets of "asham" to eat.  This is finely ground roasted corn, mixed with sugar.  It is difficult to speak with a mouthful of asham, as it will fly all overt the ...
... each other's company.  The children buy packets of "asham" to eat.  This is finely ground roasted corn, mixed with sugar.  It is difficult to speak with a mouthful of asham, as it will fly all overt the ...
18. Historical Walking Tour
(Cultural /Tricentennial celebrations)
... With is old sugar mill, springs and vegetable farms, the area has always been full of activities.   The Lagoon area continued to be significant as one can visit the site of Grenada's first tourist ...
19. St. David
(PARISHES/Parishes)
... beaches, just perfect for a quiet picnic and a swim. This is basically an agricultural parish growing traditional crops of cocoa, nutmegs,  bananas and spices together with a large portion of the sugar ...
20. Background
('Uncategorised Content')
... have been estimated to be 21 million years old. The andesite domes of Levera Hill and Sugar Loaf Island represent volcanic activity near the end of the Miocene Period. During this time, the first eruptions ...