PHOTO OF THE DAY: The restored Fort Shirley

photo of the dayPhoto depicts  a view of the restored Fort Shirley at the Cabrits National Park from an elevated position.

Photo taken from the top of the East Cabrit Hill by Forestry and Parks staff member, Karel White.

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28 Comments

  1. northern star
    March 3, 2013

    great job Karel capturing this view, keep on demonstrating your creative skills

  2. Karel White{Ras Kwe}
    March 3, 2013

    This is where I work, Love working there and Mr HonneyChurch is doing an excellent Job on the Project, so the Government of Dominica sould Invest more in Cabrits because it will not only be for now but for the Future Generation to come, Blessing Dominica, Ras Kwe

  3. IPO
    March 3, 2013

    WOW…where are the negative bloggers to at least drop their politics and say kudo to Dominica for a job well done.

    ooooops…its not Skerrti , it not Mano, its not DLP..so they are quiet on something so positively Dominican…

  4. caca dominique
    March 3, 2013

    was ther 2yrs ago beautiful place to visit

  5. jack
    March 2, 2013

    It really looks great but I’m one of those people who think the way that it looked before was better as it had more of a feeling of authenticity looking all old and destroyed and stuff.

    • Coco Tea
      March 3, 2013

      Well if you dont like this, walk to the other side of the Cabrits and see an old fort like this one covered in the forest with guns and all. There is alot of variety at the Cabrits if you go and explore beyond Fort Shirley.

    • Tan Tan
      March 3, 2013

      If you restore it, people complain. If you do nothing with it, people complain.Sa say Domnik!

      I am sure if this was still in ruins some government would have handed it over to some foreigners years ago.

      Now Dominicans can enjoy their weddings, banquets, meetings, camps, jazz and creole, educational tours. It is ours to enjoy and share.

    • Prisca & Alan Gamble
      March 3, 2013

      Well Jack, if you’ve explored the Cabrits much, you know there’s lots of “authentic” old and destroyed stuff still there.

    • Prisca & Alan Gamble
      March 3, 2013

      Well Jack, if you’ve explored the Cabrits much, you know there’s lots of “authentic” old and destroyed stuff still there!

  6. March 2, 2013

    Dr Honeychurch has made every dominican feel proud. Great selfless sacrifice sir!

  7. trouble
    March 2, 2013

    :) :lol: :-o thnx doc

  8. DOMINICAN CANADIAN.
    March 2, 2013

    Beautiful.

  9. Anthony P. Ismael
    March 2, 2013

    Dr. Honychurch has and continues to do a magnificant job with Fort Shirley. I can imagine a grand hotel in that area with panoramic vistas of the sea below. Too bad it’s a historic park. Keep up the good work.

  10. Justice and Truth
    March 1, 2013

    It certainly looks different more beautiful than when last I saw it. It will continue to be and an additional cite to visit especially for the tourists.
    What would Dominica do without the educated, intellectual Lennox Honeychurch? Dominica is blest with one as he, a historian.

    • Justice and Truth
      March 1, 2013

      :oops: ‘site’

  11. lee
    March 1, 2013

    I love the cabrits beautiful pleace to visit. This is the place I enjoyed the most going there on school trips. Thank you Dr. Honeychurch fo this beautiful face lift.

  12. sphinx
    March 1, 2013

    a real treasure.perfect place for the Jazz Festival.Thank you Dr.Lennox and the rest of the crew!

  13. Holiday Island Boy
    March 1, 2013

    A nice capture by Karel White. And a brilliant restoration job of the fort. I assume that the old Commanding Officers Quarters,near the hill where this photo was taken,was not part of the restoration project.

  14. Really n Turly
    March 1, 2013

    must say that’s adarm good JOB. big up to Dr.Lennox Honnychurch,Nuff Respect Dr.

  15. Zor
    March 1, 2013

    Big up to Ras Kwe on the removal of the photo

    • sphinx
      March 1, 2013

      when he removed it where did he put it!

    • Karel White{Ras Kwe}
      March 3, 2013

      Blessed Thanks to all that love the vybz, I am Dominica,Are you?

  16. virgo
    March 1, 2013

    Great! sight to visit.

  17. Peeping Tom
    March 1, 2013

    Yeah! Dr, Honychurch has done an excellent job restoring the site. Thank you, doc. Thanks to all involved.

  18. beholder
    March 1, 2013

    A site to be proud of. Thank you Dr. Honeychurch and the masons, carpenters and workers who labored to restore this site.

  19. grell
    March 1, 2013

    wow such beauty never visited next trip i definately will do.

  20. As I see it.
    March 1, 2013

    I love this the cabrits so much, I feel out of this world every time I go there. Thanks Lennox Honychurch for the restoration works.

  21. ........
    March 1, 2013

    Great job Dr. Honeychurch

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