Windward (E)

An old seafaring term from the days of sailing ships, used to describe the direction from which the wind comes. That part of the island facing into the path of the constant North East Trade Wind has been called the Windward Coast from early colonial times. In French and in Creole it was called "Au Vent" and well into the twentieth century newspaper reports and official documents would describe the east coast simply as "Windward" as in: "News has reached us from Windward that the iron bridge across the Rosalie River has been completely swept away by the recent floods".

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