port antonio

2008-09-01T11:23:00.000-07:00

Port Antonio is said to be one of the first and best kept secret by some of hollywood actors as one of the first major tourist attractions of jamaica,errol flynn once said he never met a woman as beautiful as port antonio,other famous visitors that frequently visited port antonio in the early 1930's and later include,ginger rogers,rudyard kipling, and robin moore the authur of THE FRENCH CONNECTION,which he wrote while in port antonio.

Portland formally became a parish in 1723 by order of the Duke of Portland, who was then Governor of Jamaica and after whom it is named. The existing port was to be called Port Antonio and was slated to become a naval stronghold. To that end, by 1729, the British began to build Fort George on the peninsula separating the twin East and West harbours known as the Titchfield promontory. The fort was intended to protect settlers from attacks by sea from the Spanish and from the hills from the Maroons.