Beauport Le Pays de La Canne

Grande-Terre


Since it ceased operations, this former sugar factory has been converted into a learning center about the local region and the history of slavery and sugar growing in the Caribbean. You can take a 50-minute train ride through the old sugar plantation, and there are some excellent exhibits to see in and around the surviving buildings that make up the large complex.


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2. Anse Bertrand

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3. Anse Laborde

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4. Porte d'Enfer

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5. Anse Maurice

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6. Pointe de la Grande Vigie

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8. Damoiseau Distillery

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