Sauteurs
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Sauteurs is a Fishing Town in the Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada
Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada
Saint Patrick is one of the parishes of Grenada, covering the north of the country. A spectacular coastline with several fine bays faces several small islands to the north. Its most famous beach is Bathway. The principal town in St. Patrick is Sauteurs...

 and is the sixth largest in Grenada, with a population of about 1,300. It is located in the far north of that island overlooking Sauteurs Bay. It's the largest town in the north of Grenada and it is the capital of Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada
Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada
Saint Patrick is one of the parishes of Grenada, covering the north of the country. A spectacular coastline with several fine bays faces several small islands to the north. Its most famous beach is Bathway. The principal town in St. Patrick is Sauteurs...

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History

Here, the last remaining Carib Natives in Grenada jumped off a 40-meter-tall cliff later named Caribs' Leap to their deaths in 1651 rather than face domination by the conquering French. Thus the town was named Sauteurs, which is French for "jumpers".
The trees and grotto erected in 1664 by Dominican Fathers to make a souls for Caribs and their place are a wooden deck from the century to today.
The St Patrick's
Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada
Saint Patrick is one of the parishes of Grenada, covering the north of the country. A spectacular coastline with several fine bays faces several small islands to the north. Its most famous beach is Bathway. The principal town in St. Patrick is Sauteurs...

 Catholic church were founded in 1721 but in 1784 the British government handed the church to St Patrick's Anglican church but the church was destroyed by fire and is a police
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 station today. In 1840 the St Patrick Catholic church were construction
Construction
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and today the church is present in Sauteurs.
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