Trekking SpotMount Harriet / Mount Manipur National Park
A forested climb trades beach crowds for canopy, birds and broad island views.
Offbeat · South Andaman
Historical PlaceIsland and sawmill
Chatham Island
Island off Port Blair where British settlement began, home to the 1883 Chatham Saw Mill and a forest museum
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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01 — The story
The story
Chatham Island lies about 3 km north of central Port Blair, in the middle of Port Meadows among the Port Blair islands. The first British settlement in the Andamans was made here.
The Chatham Saw Mill on the island dates from 1883, under British rule. In 1990 a Forest Museum was added, explaining the work of the forest department and telling the story of timber milling on Chatham. The island falls under Port Blair taluk.
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02 — About
About Chatham Island
Coming soon
We’re still writing about Chatham Island: its history, what’s there and why it’s worth the trip.
Where it is
South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
11.69° N 92.72° E
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