Visit Exciting Lard Bay

It was a long day at MoBay!
The Spanish word manteca refers to the first Spanish commerce in what is now known as Montego Bay. Manteca or lard was extracted from wild pigs and prepared for export at the now popular tourist attraction. Early maps clearly identify the port as Lard Bay. Although Montego Bay or “MoBay” as it is known here, became a major shipping center for sugar and bananas, the name stuck.
–the Jamaica Handbook