About St. Elizabeth, Jamaica

St. Elizabeth is Jamaica’s third largest parish, known as ‘the bread basket’ of the nation, is located in the southwest of the island, in the county of Cornwall. St Elizabeth is 779.7 square miles. It accounts for the majority of the area in the County of Cornwall, which is 1,521 square miles. Black River, the capital of St. Elizabeth is located at the mouth of the Black River, the longest river on the island. Other important towns are Santa Cruz, Malvern, Junction and Balaclava.

There are three mountain ranges - the Nassau Mountains to the north-east, the Santa Cruz Mountains which, running south, divide the wide plain to end in a precipitous drop of 1600 feet at Lovers' Leap, and the Lacovia Mountains to the west of the Nassau Mountains. The Black River is the main river supported by many tributary rivers including Y.S., Broad, Grass and Horse Savannah.