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What Floats
Your Boat
Hellshire Beach,
St. Catherine
Originally called “Healthshire
Beach” for its higher-than-
average air quality and
beautiful salt-and-pepper
sand, Hellshire has become
the most visited public
beach, serving Jamaica’s
largest urban area.
Point It Out
Black River,
St. Elizabeth
The town of Black River,
named for the color of
the local river bed, was
established as a port for
trading logwood and sugar
in the late 1600s and is
now most popular for its
crocodile safaris.
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