Choc Bay
{{Short description|Waterbody in Saint Lucia}}
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| other_name = Anse du Choc
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| location = Gros Islet Quarter, Saint Lucia
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Choc Bay is a bay in Gros Islet Quarter on the island nation of Saint Lucia; it is along the northwestern coast of the island. The Choc River flows into the bay.{{cite book|last1=Harmsen|first1=Jolien|last2=Ellis|first2=Guy|last3=Devaux|first3=Robert|title=A History of St Lucia|date=2014|publisher=Lighthouse Road|location=Vieux Fort|isbn=9789769534001|page=162}}{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/|title=Choc Bay|website=National Geospatial Intelligence Agency|access-date=August 3, 2021}}
History
Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham's expedition built a fort overlooking the bay in 1664, but it was abandoned in 1666. The French then built a fort here in 1667.{{cite book|last1=Devaux|first1=Robert|title=Saint Lucia Historic Sites|date=1975|publisher=Saint Lucia National Trust|pages=53}}