seven mile beach?

[slimjim]

Why is a four mile beach called seven mile beach? I have done a search on this board and online and can't find the answer. Does anyone know or have a guess?

[TAH]

Technically it includes Bloody Bay, which is another three miles. What you're calling Seven Mile, is actually Long Bay.

[Kimbobwee]

It had a nice sound to it...."Seven Mile Beach"!!

[Rob]

Way back when in the late 60's or early 70's, one of the original poster advertisements for Negril said to come visit the "Seven Miles of Beach in Negril" - this included the main beach, the beach at Bloody Bay as well as the 3 smaller beaches on the West End now by Canoe, across from Mi Yard and the last bit at On the Rocks.

The ad never stated an actual "7 mile single stretch of beach", but the nickname stuck, so the "Seven Mile Beach" has become the name for the main beach in Negril.

And yes, I think it was because it had a nice sound to it... (grin)

[mmtripoli@earthlink.net]

For that matter, why wouldn't it be 11.265 Km Beach or 6.4374 Km Beach? Isn't everything in metric ?? Except land...isn't it in acres and not hectors? So confused....LOL!

[slimjim]

Thanks but slow learner here. I always considered Bloody Bay part of the "7 Mile" beach. Is TAH correct in saying it's 7 miles from the public beach at Negril to the the end of Bloody Bay. This would seem more or less correct given the 3 smaller beaches on the west end don't add up to much.

[Chris B]

Thanks but slow learner here. I always considered Bloody Bay part of the "7 Mile" beach. Is TAH correct in saying it's 7 miles from the public beach at Negril to the the end of Bloody Bay. This would seem more or less correct given the 3 smaller beaches on the west end don't add up to much.

Close enough for government work... especially when one considers that there is no easy way to actually "measure the beach" because it's constantly changing in shape and character. I would say that the "nominal" average of the beach's length from the tip of Bloody Bay to the diminishing sands at The Cliffs is pretty darn close to that beautiful Seven Miles we've all come to love.

[Rob]

It is "more or less" correct that the main beach plus the beach at Bloody Bay add up to the old British unit of measure (miles) that was still being used at the time the poster was made. The metric system had not yet been adopted. Thus the nickname from that era and it has stuck as referring to the main beach.

But the term "seven mile beach" was derived incorrectly from the poster that read "Seven Miles OF Beach in Negril', which included the small beaches on the West End.

[Uncle Johnny]

There's plenty of beach to get your groove on...

[MoGlenn and Sweetsop]

The guy stepping off the beach to measure it had just a bit too much rum. His weaving made the Long Bay beach 7 miles.