Picard is a community on the northwest side of
Dominica
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...
. It is part of
Portsmouth, Dominica
Portsmouth is the second largest town in Dominica, with 3,630 inhabitants.Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. ...
.
The
Ross University School of Medicine
Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) is a private, for-profit medical school. Its main campus is in Barbados, and its administrative offices are in Miramar, Florida. Until 2019, the university's main campus was in Portsmouth, Dominica. RU ...
, part of
DeVry University, was located in Picard and once had over a thousand medical students arriving annually from the United States and Canada who studied there, but the campus was permanently relocated to
Barbados
Barbados, officially the Republic of Barbados, is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and the easternmost island of the Caribbean region. It lies on the boundary of the South American ...
at the beginning of the 2019 Spring semester due to extensive hurricane damage suffered at the Dominican campus.
The school's presence was a major economic resource for the local people. There was a
Subway restaurant on the school's campus, one of three on the island.
The
Picard River is a river in Dominica. It rises on the northern slopes of
Morne Diablotins
Morne Diablotin is the highest mountain in Dominica, an island-nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It is the second highest mountain in the Lesser Antilles, after La Grande Soufrière in Guadeloupe. Morne Diablotin is located in the norther ...
, flowing northwest to reach the Caribbean Sea at Prince Rupert Bay on the country's northwestern coast, close to the town of Portsmouth.
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Populated places in Dominica
Saint John Parish, Dominica
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