Brig Bay & Emancipation Monument
Brig Bay
The main town and port of Big Corn Island, with an Emancipation Monument commemorating the 1841 abolition of slavery and a fishing harbor market.
Brig Bay is the main residential area and port of Big Corn Island. Boats to Little Corn Island and Bluefields all depart from here, and the town has banks, markets and restaurants. The Emancipation Monument by the bay commemorates the abolition of slavery in the archipelago on 27 August 1841. Every year on this day, the Crab Festival takes place, with parades, beauty pageants and crab feasts, a major Creole cultural event. On the hillside north of the bay are old gun emplacements overlooking the harbor.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Picnic Center Beach
- Long Bay
- Quinn Hill Viewpoint
- Sally Peachie
- Little Corn Island Lighthouse
- Little Corn Island
- Blowing Rock
- Cocal Beach