Place:Black River, Saint Elizabeth, Cornwall, Jamaica

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NameBlack River
TypeCity or town
Coordinates18.017°N 77.867°W
Located inSaint Elizabeth, Cornwall, Jamaica
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Black River is the capital of St. Elizabeth Parish, in southwestern Jamaica. It developed as a port around the mouth of the river of the same name. Today the city is a centre of environmental tourism and a gateway to the Treasure Beach resort area. Treasure Beach and Crane Beach are to the south-east, with Luana Beach to the west. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was a thriving sugar port with a market for African slaves.

Growing prosperity in the sugar and lumber trade led to the construction of several warehouses. Some have been adapted as restaurants or as bases for eco-tours of the river.[1]

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