Discovery Bay may be a city in Saint Ann Parish on the northern coast of Jamaica. Town is additionally illustrious domestically as Dry Harbour Bay, as a result of it sits within the shadow of the Dry Harbour Mountains in St. Ann. There’s a dispute on whether or not navigator initial landed in Discovery Bay or urban center la Nueva (east of Discovery Bay) in 1494. As regards to town square measure Puerto Seco Beach and a number of other historic sites, like the inexperienced grot Caves and Columbus Park. Guests to the inexperienced grot Caves will see relics of the native Taíno Arawak mode there. It’s aforesaid that a lot of Spaniards loose English people invasion of 1655 through secret passages within the Caves with the assistance of Arawaks and African slaves, in exchange for his or her freedom.
The city of Discovery Bay sits on a bay of a similar name. The bay was originally named Puerto Seco (Dry Harbor) by navigator as a result of, in contrast to the neighboring urban center Bueno bay, there are not any permanent rivers flowing into it. However, groundwater will enter the bay through deep cracks within the basement rock, particularly on the geological line that runs through the ship channel and on the western aspect. The salinities of the submerged springs square measure larger than twenty components per thousand, nonetheless they cause a marked distinction in temperature and salinity within the shallow western back reef.
Discovery Bay’s economy relies upon business and mineral mining. To the west of the bay may be a port from that the St. Ann mineral Company, that employs 450 individuals, exports ore. The St. Ann mineral company was once named Kaiser Jamaica mineral Co. (KJBC), and was conjointly closely-held by Kaiser Al and also the government of Jamaica.
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