Warner

Warner village is located in Saint Paul Parish of Dominica.

The settlement is situated between the valleys of Belfast and Layou River.

It was first occupied by the Amerindian people and claimed for the indigenous Kalinagos before the arrival of the French and the British. When the British colonised Dominica in 1763, they divided the land for sale and many plantation and estate owners from far and near came to buy the lands.

Charles Warner of Antigua bought Warner settlement and several other estates in Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint Joseph, and Saint Paul where he cultivated and processed sugar, rum, molasses and coffee with the aids of his slaves.

Following the abolition of slavery in 1838, Charles Warner rarely came to Dominica anymore and his estates fell into the hands of his managers and free slaves who divided them among themselves and cultivated them as well as turned them into settlements.

Motorable roads were built from nearby Mahaut and through the Layou Valley and Saulton to reach Warner settlement. A road from Jimmit has also been constructed to connect Warner to Pont Casse and other nearby villages.

Warner village now has a school, health centre, churches, electricity, running tap water, telephone and several other social infrastructures.