Harbour

Port de Vieux-Fort

Name: Port de Vieux-Fort
Address: Vieux-Fort, GP

Vieux-Fort, GuadeloupeGuadeloupe

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Type: Harbour

Fishing harbour of Vieux-Fort in Anse Dupuy, at the southern tip of Basse-Terre, facing the Canal des Saintes.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

The bay of Anse Dupuy is sheltered from NE through SE and open to the west and south. Sand bottom off the harbour. Marina de Rivière-Sens lies 1.9 nm to the north.

Practical

Working fishing harbour with no fuel for visitors. Multihulls accepted according to Navily. Fuel, water and visitor berths at Marina de Rivière-Sens.

Ashore

The lighthouse of Pointe du Vieux-Fort, built in 1953 and 1954 and lit in 1955, stands on the point. The fishermen's wives' embroidery, known in mainland France since the 1960s, is still worked by a local association.

History

The French built a fort here around 1635 to 1640, first called Fort Royal, then Vieux Fort or fort L'Olive after Charles Liénard de L'Olive, first head of the colony. The Anse Dupuy site, once occupied by the Kalinago, later became the fishing port.