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	Big Creek, Belize
		Big Creek is a sea port facility in the nation of Belize.
		Big Creek is a deep-water port on the Caribbean Sea in Belize's Stann Creek District, constructed in the 1990s.
		Deep Creek is the main port for Belize's banana industry; citrus fruit and shrimp are also exported from here.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bi/Big_Creek,_Belize.html (82 words)

	Big Creek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Big Creek, Belize, a sea port in Belize
		Big Creek, California, a tributary of the San Joaquin River
		Big Creek, Georgia, a tributary of the Chattahoochee River in the United States
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Creek (95 words)

	Ports of Belize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are 3 sea ports in Belize, Belize City Commerce Bight and Big Creek.
		Big Creek Port, located in the Toledo District, is primarily used for banana exports, although some containers are received at this location to better service the southern region of Belize.
		The Commerce Bight Port and Belize City Port are owned and operated by the Port of Belize Ltd. It should also be noted that cruise ships anchor just off shore, and local tenders ferry people from the ships to the city.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ports_of_Belize (177 words)

	All Things Belize Pt 2b (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Belize City was the main port, but Big Creek in the south was being expanded to accommodate increased banana exports.
		The governor general must be a citizen of Belize and he or she serves at the pleasure of the queen, not subject to a fixed term of office.
		Belize's National Assembly is a bicameral legislature composed of an elected House of Representatives and an appointed Senate.
	bleaseswebworld.com /allthingsbelize2b.html (7592 words)

	belize city
		Belize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize.
		It was the capital of British Honduras and Belize until the government was moved to the new capital of Belmopan in 1970.
		Belize City was founded (originally as "Belize Town") in the mid 17th century by British lumber harvesters.
	www.fact-library.com /belize_city.html (194 words)

	BELIZE
		With a population of 200,000, Belize is the least populated nation in the Caribbean.
		Belize is governed by a cabinet with a powerful prime minister who has executive power.
		In 1985, UNICEF reported that Belize had one of the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy in the Central American region, and that one of five births was a result of an adolescent pregnancy.
	iwraw.igc.org /publications/countries/belize.htm (5424 words)

	USATODAY.com - Hurricane Iris hits Belize, kills 15 U.S. tourists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		BIG CREEK, Belize (AP) — Hurricane Iris, the year's most violent Atlantic storm, killed at least 15 U.S. tourists on a diving boat, wiped out Belize's banana crop and left 13,000 people homeless before losing strength over land.
		Iris wreaked havoc through the resort district of Stann Creek and the agricultural district of Toledo, said Vaughan Gill, a spokesman for the prime minister.
		While sugar remains Belize's chief crop, the banana industry is the country's largest employer.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/news/2001/2001-10-08-iris-centralamerica.htm (571 words)

	Belize Fact Sheet
		Belize also consists of over 200 cayes (islands), ranging in size from a few hundred feet to 25 miles long and four miles wide; most of which are located inside the 200 mile Belize Reef.
		Belize annual rainfall: most of the year's rainfall occurs during the period June to November, that is, the rainy season.
		Belize annual rainfall ranges from 60 inches (1524mm) in the north to 160 inches (4064mm) in the south.
	www.belize.com /facts.html (629 words)

	Belize
		Belize is the most sparsely populated nation in Central America; it is larger than El Salvador and compares in size to the state of Massachusetts.
		Belize is a parliamentary democracy on the Westminster model and is a member of the Commonwealth.
		Ports in Belize City, Dangriga, and Big Creek handle regularly scheduled shipping from the U.S. and the U.K., although draft is limited to a maximum of 10 feet in Belize City and 15 feet in southern ports.
	www.onlinelearning.net /instructors/smurr/LatAm/MxCen/belize.html (4922 words)

	You Better Belize It! - Visitor's Info
		Belize is bounded by Mexico to the north and Guatemala on the west and south.
		Belize boasts the Barrier Reef which is the longest and largest continuous living coral reef in this hemisphere, 185 miles.
		Belize is an independent country with a democratically elected government.
	www.belizeit.com /vsitinfo.htm (698 words)

	Belize (10/05)
		Belize is a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster model and is a member of the Commonwealth.
		Belize maintains an embassy in the United States at 2535 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 (tel: 202-332-9636; fax: 202-332-6888) and a consulate in Los Angeles.
		Ports in Belize City, Dangriga, and Big Creek handle regularly scheduled shipping from the United States and the United Kingdom, although draft is limited to a maximum of 10 feet in Belize City and 15 feet in southern ports.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1955.htm (3363 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Iris kills about 20 on a boat in Belize
		BIG CREEK, Belize - Flattening towns and flinging boats into the mangroves, Hurricane Iris tore through Belize and capsized a yacht of divers from Virginia who had sought shelter in a small bay.
		Boat operators had docked the Wave Dancer alongside two other boats in Big Creek, a relatively protected site, hoping to shield it from the storm, said Lynn McNeal, co-owner of The Dive Shop in Richmond, who was in touch with the boat operators.
		Early forecasts had projected Iris hitting Belize City, 80 miles to the north, and that city of 65,000 was being evacuated by soldiers earlier Monday.
	www.oldconcretestreet.com /2001/october/10/today/national/14181.html (433 words)

	Big Creek, Belize -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Big Creek is a (additional info and facts about sea port) sea port facility in the nation of (A country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control) Belize.
		Big Creek is a deep-water port on the (An arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream) Caribbean Sea in Belize's (additional info and facts about Stann Creek District) Stann Creek District, constructed in the (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s.
		It is already the nation's second most important port, after (additional info and facts about Belize City) Belize City.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Bi/Big_Creek,_Belize.htm (113 words)

	Stann Creek District in Belize
		The Stann Creek district, located 90 miles from Belize City by land and 36 miles by sea, can also be accessed through the Manatee Highway which is located at Milepost 30.5 on the Western Highway (less than two miles past the Belize Zoo turnoff).
		The Stann Creek district is also a major banana, citrus and other fruit-producing region, and in recent years improvements have been made to the deep water port at Big Creek.
		angriga is often dubbed as "the culture capital of Belize." With a population of 8,814, it is the capital of the Stann Creek District and it is definitely the place to be on the night of November 18th.
	www.belize.com /stann-creek-belize.html (775 words)

	You Better Belize It! - Placencia!
		Placencia is a small village in the south of the Stann Creek District.
		It is a short boat ride across the lagoon from Big Creek and a few other mainland villages.
		Big Creek is a short boat ride from Placencia.
	www.belizeit.com /pla.htm (235 words)

	Districts of Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Stann Creek District is a district in the south east of the nation of Belize.
		The district capital is the city of Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town.
		Also in Stann Creek District are the port of Big Creek, Belize (the main port of Belizes banana industry), the peninsula and village of Placencia (a popular tourism resort), the villages of Independence and Mango Creek and Mullins River.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Districts-of-Belize (118 words)

	SetSail.com - the serious cruising sailor's website
		By the time we reached Belize, we'd spliced all three long battens in the same way--45 minutes for the first, 30 for the second, 15 minutes for the third.
		When you're sailing without children, waking up the off watch person once in a while isn't a big deal, but with the kids needing a lot of entertainment and help from the off-watch person, the on-watch person had better be self sufficient if the off-watch is to get any sleep at all.
		We had saved an article describing a nightmare of customs and immigration in Big Creek, so we spent a frustrated night on the hook, worried that we should have just stopped in Belize City, norther or no norther.
	www.setsail.com /s_logs/Laird/laird4.html (1620 words)

	CDNN :: Peter Hughes Wave Dancer captain threatened to fire crew if they went ashore
		BIG CREEK, Belize (12 Oct 2001) -- The first of two Belizean crewmembers who perished while aboard the dive boat Wave Dancer was buried this afternoon in Corozal.
		But early Monday morning, instead of heading for Belize City, the captain, Philip Martin, steered the boat south, heading for the deep water port of Big Creek to wait the storm out.
		When the Wave Dancer docked at Big Creek, the twenty passengers were happy to see the other members of their group from Richmond, Virginia aboard the Belize Aggressor, which had also decided to seek shelter in the south.
	www.cdnn.info /industry/i011012d/i011012d.html (1030 words)

	CNN.com - Iris kills at least 11 in Belize - October 9, 2001
		BELIZE CITY, Belize (CNN) -- At least 11 people are dead after a powerful Hurricane Iris pounded Belize late Monday, officials said.
		The victims were among 28 people who were on a boat at Big Creek Port, officials said.
		Big Creek Port is an area that has been a safe haven from hurricanes in the past, but the eye of Iris passed directly over the port.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WEATHER/10/09/hurricane.iris (302 words)

	Belize: Liveaboard Scuba Diving: Peter Hughes Wave Dancer
		The liveaboard dive vessel M/V Wave Dancer of the Peter Hughes Diving DANCER FLEET was capsized by a combination of strong wind and surging water while moored in Big Creek, an area of Southern Belize well known to boaters for its protection from storms.
		Big Creek is approximately 80 miles south of Belize City, the site of Belize’s international airport and the point of embarkation for Wave Dancer cruises.
		Between 8:30 and 9AM our agent in Belize City informed us that the city was being evacuated and their was no place to take the passengers to sit out the storm in Belize City.
	www.global-travel.co.uk /wavedancer.htm (919 words)

	CDNN :: Belize officials criticize Aggressor captain, party attitude
		BIG CREEK, Belize (12 Oct 2001) -- The mayor of a hurricane-hit town where at least 19 people, including 17 Americans, died aboard a capsized dive boat said he repeatedly offered a neighboring boat shelter on land.
		Belize officials said 19 bodies had been recovered -- including 17 members of a Richmond, Va., diving club -- and that three people were still missing.
		The dive boats apparently headed to the relatively protected Big Creek port after earlier forecasts aimed the hurricane at Belize City, 80 miles north.
	www.cdnn.info /industry/i011012/i011012.html (711 words)

	Hurricane Iris hits Belize
		BIG CREEK, Belize - Flattening buildings and flinging boats ashore, Hurricane Iris tore through Belize and capsized a yacht carrying U.S. divers, killing 15 people and leaving five others missing and feared dead.
		The boat was one of two 120-foot yachts that had been chartered by the Richmond Dive Club for a weeklong trip in Belize.
		"Belize has greatly suffered once again, but we are a strong people, and working together with God's guidance and the assistance of the international community, we will rebound from this devastation," he said.
	thepost.baker.ohiou.edu /archives3/oct01/101001/b3.html (233 words)

	Payne's Creek National Park, Belize National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Monuments, Natural Reserves
		Relief is mostly flat, with elevation ranging from sea level to a maximum of 30 ft. Payne's Creek and the Punta Ycacos Lagoon form a small watershed and outlet system within the park.
		Payne's Creek is seasonal in nature, rising in the park's interior.
		Soils in the pine savannah area are leached and acid, with subsoil impermeability and topsoil saturation in the wet season and low moisture in the dry season.
	www.ambergriscaye.com /pages/town/parkpaynescreek.html (1470 words)

	Facts About Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Belize lies on the eastern coastline of Central America, adjacent to the Caribbean Sea.
		Belize also includes over 200 cayes (islands), ranging in size from a few hundred feet to 25 miles long and four miles wide; most of these cayes are located inside the 200 mile-long Belize Reef.
		First class mail from Belize takes an average of 8 to 10 days to be delivered to the U. International Express mail from the U. to Belize usually arrives in three business days; cost is $14.00.
	www.westminster.edu /staff/athrock/BELIZE/Facts.html (1537 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Belize surveys hurricane aftermath
		Iris did not come near Belize City as was first feared and even the southern towns of Dangriga and Punta Gorda escaped with minimal damage.
		In the Big Creek, a port where Belize's bananas are shipped out, two dive boats with tourists capsized.
		The Stann Creek district is where Belize's main banana and citrus farms are located.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1590000/1590439.stm (946 words)

	Global Exchange : BananaWars.html
		BIG CREEK, Belize--The Scottish Star sits alone at the single dock of this tiny Central American port, waiting for the solitary crane to swing containers of bananas onto its deck.
		Belize, by historical accident, is aligned with the Europeans.
		Over the same period, Belize and Guatemala, which share a lush Caribbean coast, have seen their economies battered by the new world trading order that has left many of their traditional industries unable to compete.
	www.globalexchange.org /campaigns/wto/BananaWars.html (1474 words)

	Hurricane Iris hits Belize, killing 15: 10/10/01
		BIG CREEK, Belize -- Flattening buildings and flinging boats ashore, Hurricane Iris tore through Belize and capsized a yacht carrying U.S. divers, killing 15 people and leaving five others missing and feared dead.
		Twenty divers from the Richmond, Va., area and eight crew members were aboard the MV Wave Dancer when the year's most powerful Atlantic storm hit southern Belize with 140 mph winds Monday night, said Patricia Rose, spokeswoman for the Miami-based Peter Hughes Diving, which coordinated the trip.
		Stunned passengers on the neighboring Belize Aggressor III watched yesterday as the bodies of friends were pulled from the water.
	www.s-t.com /daily/10-01/10-10-01/a05wn041.htm (475 words)

	BELIZEmagazine.com - The Internet Magazine of Belize
		As we pulled away from the dock in Belize City, Captain Morrell with a light feather's touch of his right hand, opened up the twin Mercury outboards and in minutes we were in the open channel heading south.
		That said, the process in Big Creek, Belize, for some reason is the slowest and most cumbersome that I have encountered.
		On a clear day as you leave the quiet inlet in Big Creek, Belize, you first wind your way through the mangroves that splash there bright green splendor against the turquoise blue water.
	www.belizemagazine.com /edition05/english/e05_34golfcruza.htm (1836 words)

	banana boats and tramp steamers
		Elders and Fyffes is the shipping division of the Fyffes Group who have been importing bananas since 1888 and shipping them in their own vessels since the early 1900s.
		A boat ride away from Big Creek is the holiday resort of Placenta which has palm-fringed beaches.
		From Big Creed, the vessels sail to Puerto Cortes, Honduras where there will be plenty of time for exploring.
	www.geocities.com /freighterman.geo/bananas_tramps.html (1179 words)

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