We soon come to another smaller set of salinas known as the Northeast salt ponds. These ponds are filled by their own ocean-fed stone irrigation canal, and are a favorite spot for wading birds of many species. Secluded and pristine, this is a favorite bird-watching spot where flamingos have been spotted. As we return heading west, we pass the old freshwater quarry and a stone well that still holds fresh water. During the early 1990s, a National Geographic writer visited Salt Cay and claimed to have spotted evidence in this region of what appeared to be very old burial mounds.
Further research is pending.
We travel due west and enter Northtown. Here, we pass an imposing stucco church with huge shuttered windows. This is the Methodist Church and is the second oldest church on Salt Cay. As we reach the intersection of Victoria Street, we turn left and come to Mount Pleasant Guest House, a gabled, two story former salt plantation home built about 1859, which Bryan Sheedy owns and operates as a guesthouse and bar. It was formerly owned by the Morgan family and Mr. Sheedy opened it as a dive resort in the early 1990s.