Blanchisseuse

Region

Blanchisseuse is a place in Trinidad and Tobago.

Location

Blanchisseuse located on the north coast of the island of Trinidad in the region Tunapuna - Piarco, approximately 25 km north of Arima. The place is divided into the older Lower Blanchisseuse in the West and Upper Blanchisseuse in the east.

History

Blanchisseuse was founded in 1783 by the French, who had been assigned by the Spanish Governor Jose Maria Chacon the country. The present name was given to the place by 1797 ' Blanchisseuse ' is the French word for ' washerwoman '. ; name -giving were local women who were washing in the nearby Marianne River wash. Nearly 150 years the place was reachable only by boat; in 1931 a road was completed by Arima, the end of the 70 was also the connection to the North Coast Road to Port of Spain.

Economy

In Blanchisseuse fishing is still in operation, otherwise there is little revenue through tourism. Many rich city dwellers have in Blanchisseuse holiday homes.

Attractions

Blanchisseuse has two beaches, and there are in several nearby waterfalls. Into the village from the west leads a suspension bridge with wooden planks. In the village itself there is a ( kept outdoors ) Church bell from 1835. Looking Between April and June the beaches of leatherback turtles to lay their eggs on Blanchisseuse.

Others

In Blanchisseuse there is an endowed by the government, 10 -acre settlement area of ​​the Caribbean Sea.

Sir Solomon Hochay, the last British governor of Trinidad and first Governor-General of Trinidad after independence, spent his childhood and youth, and his last years in Blanchisseuse.