Gouyave

Gouyave

Occasionally called the fishing capital of Grenada, Action City or Bacchanal City, Gouyave is the town that never sleeps on the west side of the island. It became famous on March 2, 1795, when Julian Fedon, a free colored planter with a large estate in Belvidere, St. John's, began an uprising against the British, known as Fedon's Rebellion. After St. George's, the capital, the town and parish of St. John was Grenada's second most important place. It was originally called Charlotte Town, after Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, but was changed to Gouyave by the French due to its guava trees. Throughout Grenada's history, the town of Gouyave has played a central role in the evolution and maintenance of Grenada's economy. Agriculture and fishing were once the staples of Grenada's economy, and the town was not only the heart of the fishing industry, but also the center of many of the island's most fertile and productive agricultural plantations. For a long time, Grenada was the only country in the Western world to grow and sell nutmeg. For this reason, the Nutmeg Processing Plant in Gouyave, or The Nutmeg Pool as it is known locally, remains the largest building in Grenada.