Dieppe Bay Town
17,416 - 62.812Koordinaten: 17 ° 25 ' N, 62 ° 49 ' W
Dieppe Bay Town is a town in the far north of the island of Saint Kitts in the Caribbean. It is one of the two main centers of the Parish of Saint John Capisterre on the main island of the island state of St. Kitts and Nevis. Although the place today (2010) has only about 630 residents, but because of his history, he has the status of a " Town" (city).
History
The town was founded in 1538 as the first term of Europeans in the eastern Caribbean settlement by French Huguenots from Dieppe and named after their hometown, but destroyed again after a few months of the Spaniards; the settlers were deported. In 1625 the site was re-founded by French settlers under the leadership of Pierre d' Belain Esnambuc.
The village lies on the Dieppe Bay, a protected by extensive coral reefs in the east and north from the high Atlantic waves bay; she was a popular anchorage of the Corsairs, the Spanish ships lying in wait. When Pierre Belain and the English Captain Thomas Warner the island of Saint Kitts (then called Saint Christopher ) 1627 divided between France and England and France there was the north end ( Capisterre ) and the south end ( Basseterre ), was Dieppe capital of the region " Capisterre de St. Christophe ". The southern part of present-day Saint John Capisterre Parish belonged to the English middle of the island, "British Saint Christopher", and was administered by Saddlers from. When England finally took the whole island with the Peace of Utrecht in possession in 1713, were both places administrative seats of the new, larger Parish.
The once bustling natural harbor, was shipped from that in the early colonial period, only tobacco and from 1640 cane sugar, lost its importance after Basseterre 1727 had become the capital of the island and the trade was oriented to there.
Beach life
The small, palm-lined beach in Dieppe Bay consists of black sand of volcanic origin, the browning process should be conducive for beach guests. Because of the beach a few hundred meters offshore barrier reef the sea is quite calm, making it suitable for swimming, snorkeling and windsurfing. Near the beach grow Manchinelbäume that contain strong toxins; when it rains should not seek protection under them one because they then secrete a milky white substance that forms on contact with the skin blisters. From the beach and the local Golden Lemon Inn & Villas, the most popular hotel and restaurant on the island, one looks right on the Atlantic Ocean and to the left of the Caribbean.