Marigot Bay is located on the western coast of the
Caribbean
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island country
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of
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...
, 3.75 miles southwest from
Castries
Castries is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of 70,000, as at May 2013. The city stretches o ...
and a short distance from the Saint Lucian National Marine Reserve. It is surrounded on three sides by steep, forested hills.
History
The inland portion of the bay forms a hurricane hole, used to shelter boats from hurricanes.
Marigot Bay is a historic landmark, having been the site of a number of battles between the French and British navies.
The bay was used as the setting for the 1967
film adaptation
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of
Hugh Lofting
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's
Doctor Dolittle
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books. Scenes of the shipwreck, Great Pink Sea Snail, and the construction of the harness for the Giant Lunar Moth were filmed in the bay.
The American novelist
James A. Michener
James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...
, in his 1978 novel ''
Chesapeake Chesapeake often refers to:
*Chesapeake people, a Native American tribe also known as the Chesepian
* The Chesapeake, a.k.a. Chesapeake Bay
*Delmarva Peninsula, also known as the Chesapeake Peninsula
Chesapeake may also refer to:
Populated plac ...
'', famously described the bay as "The most beautiful bay in the Caribbean".
The all-girl trio
Arabesque
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featured a song "Marigot Bay" appearing on the album of the same name in 1980.
Region
The second-order administrative region of Castries District is called Marigot and has a population of 769. The populated towns within this region are Marigot () and Marigot Bay (). The water body is referred to as Marigot Harbor (). There is also a Marigot Point ().
Gallery
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References
Bays of Saint Lucia
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