High Altitude Sugar Plantation Ruin

A ruin of a sugar mill and chimney towers high above the eastern coastline of St. Kitts. This area is called Canada Hills. Rather hidden from view, the remants of this old (late 1700's) estate of James Davoren is chiefly visible from the coast as it sits so high atop a mountain. What one discovers along with the ruins are waves of rhino grass, a cool breeze off of the Atlantic Ocean, about half a dozen free-range cattle and SPECTACULAR VIEWS. It was evident that The perilous two-track, rock-strewn drive up the mountainside rarely sees vehicular traffic.

The 1828 map of St. Kitts. The mill is noted in the center of the map below.

Same location below from Google Maps

Same view but with my geo tracker map.

The Windmill Base.

The windmill and the chimney, looking southeast with the Atlantic on the left and Nevis far in the distance.

Looking southeast to the peninsular and Nevis beyond it.

The Atlantic Ocean coastline about 800 feet down.

The old chimney.

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