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Bonne Aventure loosely translates from French into English to mean Good Adventure.

The village of Bonne Aventure is in the county of Victoria, Trinidad and is considered to be part of the larger town of Gasparillo in the southern part of Trinidad.

Geographical coordinates are 10° 20' 0" North, 61° 24' 0" West.

The surrounding villages or areas that are most populated are Mayo and Gasparillo. Other areas of concentration are alongside the main roads such as Light Bourne Trace, Cotton Hill Rd and Caratal Rd.

Bonne Aventure was largely a sugar plantation. After the abolishment of slavery and the subsequent era of indentured labourship, many Indian workers paid a small nominal fee to the estate land owners to cultivate the sugar or cocoa crops. They built homes and remained on the land for several generations for the price of the annual land tax, long after sugar was bringing in a source of sunstantial income. Much of the land was converted into grazing fields for large livestock or used to build homes and communities. Many if the landholders opted to pay off the estates owners to take over complete ownership.

The main elementary school for Bonne Aventure is the Bonne Aventure Presbyterian School located on School Trace off the main Bonne Aventure Rd. The nearest High Schools are Williamsville Secondary School, Gasparillo Composite School and Marabella Secondary School.

The village has a cosmopolitan mix of residents but comprises mainly of the 2 major groups in Trinidad, people of Indian and African descent. The religions also comprise of a mix to include Hindus, Presbyterians, Muslims and Catholics. Consequently, one can find numerous riligious establishments throughout the village; Muslim mosques, Hindu Temples and Christian churches of multiple denominations.

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