The Culps of the Caribbean

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 ab...

WE LOVE NEVIS. Here is why: We took the Sea Bridge car ferry to Nevis       Lot's of unusual signs           Found a beautiful beach a few miles from the ferry dock.  Of course, as usual, there was no one there but us.  The water was crystal clear, warm and a sandy bottom.       A very typical church here with accompanying cemetery.  The shutters on the windows are opened on Sunday, there is no glass, just open air.  The graves are somewhat above ground. This was the last operating sugar mill (before the modern era).  I am certain it was constructed and operated by slaves.     A huge set of gears turned wind power into the force that would squeeze the juice out of the sugar cane stalks using the press below.     Once the juice was extracted it was diverted to a series of metal vats called "copp...