Boston Beach is a coastal community on the north coast of the island of
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
, with a public beach which is one of the few beaches in Jamaica attracting surfers.
It is located nine miles east of the town of
Port Antonio
Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica, about from Kingston. It had a population of 12,285 in 1982 and 13,246 in 1991. It is the island's third largest port, famous as a shipping point for b ...
.
History
Around 1870 traders from
Boston, Massachusetts began transporting Bananas from
Portland Parish, Jamaica
Portland, with its capital town Port Antonio, is a parish located on Jamaica's northeast coast. It is situated to the north of St Thomas and to the east of St Mary in Surrey County. It is one of the rural areas of Jamaica, containing part o ...
to Boston for sale. The
Boston Fruit Company
The Boston Fruit Company (1885-1899) was a fruit production and import business based in the port of Boston, Massachusetts. Andrew W. Preston and nine others established the firm to ship bananas and other fruit from the West Indies to north-easte ...
was established and the area experienced an economic boom. Eventually the company would merge with others and become the
United Fruit Company
The United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe. The company was formed in 1899 fro ...
which would go on to dominate the banana trade in the Caribbean and Latin America. The United Fruit Company would eventually become United Brands in the 1970s and eventually be bought by Del Monte Corporations.
The western side of the beach itself was donated to the Jamaican Government by the author
Robin Moore
Robert Lowell Moore Jr. (October 31, 1925 – February 21, 2008) was an American writer who wrote '' The Green Berets'', '' The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy'', and with Xaviera Hollander and ...
.
Cuisine
Boston Beach is known for its "
jerk" pork and chicken stands and could be considered the birthplace of the spicy jerk seasoning for which Jamaica is known.
In
Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, there is a popular local take out restaurant known as "Boston Jerk."
See also
*
List of beaches in Jamaica
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People
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Organizations
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External links
Aerial view
*Photos
*Videos
Boston Beach
Worlds Together Travel Network.
Virtual Tour Of Boston Beach.
References
{{Beaches of Jamaica
Beaches of Jamaica
Populated places in Portland Parish
Populated coastal places in Jamaica