Shell Beach? Do Brazil??

[Peter NJ]

new name..boulder beach

 

[MIke R]

son of Anse de Cayes

 

[Myrllyn]

OMG The beach has been devastated!

 

[BBT]

It isn't the first time and won't be the last time Shell Beach gets washed away. That's what keep the dredging companies in business. At least there will be all new shells.

 

[JEK]

Marius said just before the storm alert they were out there laying the big pipe. Probably be back right after Fiona sashays by.

 

[Eve]

If Flamands got less, St. Jean got less too?

5 months to St Jean!

 

[Dennis]

If Flamands got less, St. Jean got less too?

5 months to St Jean!

112 days
2696 hours
161819 minutes
9709181 seconds

 

[Eve]

I have a sxm vacation to get through first

 

[DeniseandMark]

This photo makes me soo sad. I am sooo glad Do Brazil made it....but the beach is heart breaking.

 

[JimD]

new name..boulder beach

Not far from the original name you will find.

If you check the old maps it is known as "Anse De Grands Galets"

Big Pebble Beach.

 

[elgreaux]

new name..boulder beach

Not far from the original name you will find.

If you check the old maps it is known as "Anse De Grands Galets"

Big Pebble Beach.

Right, not a natural sandy beach at all, our embedded native said there was no sand there until the 1970s when they dredged the harbor and brought all the sand and shells there...
thus the name "Grands Galets" - the tourists started to call it Shell Beach after since there were so many shells found there...

 

[rivertrash]

Hasn't there been a sign in town within the last few years that pointed to "Grand Galets" or something similar? I seem to recall . . .

 

[GramChop]

i just saw the photo....how utterly heartbreaking. i am so sad! my beautiful shell beach is no more.....! how long do you think it will take for it to come back?

 

[JEK]

new name..boulder beach

Not far from the original name you will find.

If you check the old maps it is known as "Anse De Grands Galets"

Big Pebble Beach.

Right, not a natural sandy beach at all, our embedded native said there was no sand there until the 1970s when they dredged the harbor and brought all the sand and shells there...
thus the name "Grands Galets" - the tourists started to call it Shell Beach after since there were so many shells found there...

It was once a trash dump.

 

[ccg]

95 days and counting!! Wheels up 6am RDU wheels down 1530 SBH

Glad to see most of the island is trees and branches down, and all members of the forum are safe and sound. Hopefully, Fiona will not follow Earl's path.

Charlotte

 

[MIke R]

i just saw the photo....how utterly heartbreaking. i am so sad! my beautiful shell beach is no more.....! how long do you think it will take for it to come back?

millions and millions of euros ( which get passed on in the price of goods and services ) will cure it pretty fast..until the next storm

than..rinse and repeat...

 

[JimD]

new name..boulder beach

Not far from the original name you will find.

If you check the old maps it is known as "Anse De Grands Galets"

Big Pebble Beach.

Right, not a natural sandy beach at all, our embedded native said there was no sand there until the 1970s when they dredged the harbor and brought all the sand and shells there...
thus the name "Grands Galets" - the tourists started to call it Shell Beach after since there were so many shells found there...

It was once a trash dump.

You aren't thinking of the abattoir are you? Just around the point the remains of slaughtered animals used to be thrown into the sea.

Shark fun all round.

 

[Eve]

It will always be the dump to me.

 

[KevinS]

I thought that trash was dumped into the sea from up near the hospital, not from down on Shell Beach. I remember sitting in what is now HCH in '89 and watching a refrigerator float by. But those were the bad old days.

The good news is that the island, like the rest of us, has become much more enlightened on environmental issues and trash disposal. SBH now seems to do at least as good a job of waste recycling and disposal as any island in the Caribbean, and quite possibly better.

 

[sradek]

Remy enjoyed traipsing around there in June. I for one hope it is regenerated

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