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This is a list of rivers of Jamaica, ... Spanish River; Swift River; Rio Grande. Black River; ... "GEONet Names Server".
The Spring Garden, near the Spanish River, was one of the earliest sugar plantations in Jamaica. This river tends to be in very shady regions. [1] In 1692 pirate Nathaniel Grubing (an Englishman sailing for the French) sailed up Spanish River, raiding homes and plantations ashore. Jamaican officials sent several ships after Grubing but he had ...
The Rio Grande is a river of Jamaica, found in the parish of Portland.One of the largest rivers in Jamaica, it was named "Big River" (Rio Grande) by the Spanish, who controlled Jamaica in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Pages in category "Rivers of Jamaica" ... Smith River (Jamaica) South Negril River; Spanish River (Jamaica) Stony River (Jamaica) Sweet River; Swift River (Jamaica) T.
Rio D'Oro, Crawle river, Pedro river, The Rio Cobre is a river of Jamaica . Its source is in the Rose Hall Mountain in the north-east of Saint Catherine Parish , [ 1 ] [ circular reference ] the headwaters being a writhing of unnamed, seasonally dry tributaries.
The Juan de Bolas River rises in Saint Catherine, Jamaica, [1] and flows through Saint Catherine and Clarendon. [2] It is one of two rivers in Jamaica named after Juan de Bolas , the first Chief of the Jamaican Maroons .
The Rio Nuevo is a river in Jamaica. It runs through the parish of Saint Mary, meeting the Caribbean Sea in the Rio Nuevo Bay, on the north Jamaican coast. In 1658, it was the site of the Battle of Rio Nuevo between Spanish and English forces, the largest battle to have been fought on Jamaican soil. [1]
The rivers name is a corrupted version of Rio Mateberino. The story goes a Taino witch was tortured by Spanish settlers into revealing the location of a gold stash hidden along the river. After divulging, she changed the course of the water, killing the Spanish and blocking the cave where the treasure remains hidden.