old chubb house, little harbor, peter island

Hands down, always been one of our favorite anchorages in the BVI! Around 1920 a gentleman called Brunial Bruce was growing tobacco on the island and he had a small cigarette and cigar company in Little Harbor that he exported to Anguilla, Antigua and other down island places. When he lost market share, he sold his land and buildings to Mr. Percy Chubb. He retired there and lived there until he died and one story says that it was sold to Peter Island Resort in the mid 80s. Another story says that when he died the heirs were fighting, and no-one wanted to live there so it just lay there to go to ruin.

This anchorage continues to amaze me! We have always climbed around up at the top where the old Chubb House is, but not 100 feet off the back of the dock there are all the ruins of an old area with buildings, gardens, greehouses, workshops, wall, wells, and a lot more. We were there in September of 2007 and it was quite easy to get through the bush then.