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Palm Island.(The Grenadines)
- Article from:
- Grenada, St Vincent & the Grenadines Adventure Guide
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Hunter Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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* Introduction
Palm Island has a single resort on it, but day-trippers can visit certain parts of the island. The modern story of Palm Island began when John Caldwell leased the mosquito-infested swampland formerly known as Prune Island from the government. The 135-acre plot with four low hills at the perimeter was surrounded by white sand beaches and circled by coral reefs. It had been used as a leper colony way back in time, and then planted with cotton like so many of its neighbors. The government bought the island in 1910 and proposed building salt ponds after World War II. The 1960s saw the entry of individuals converting islands to resorts: Mustique, Young ...
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St. Vincent's Grenadines.
Grenada, St. Vincent & The Grenadines Adventure Guide, 2nd ed.;
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... ... of pearls stretching over 60 miles. Of these, nine are inhabited: Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, Mayreau, Palm Island, Union Island, Petit St. Vincent, Petite Martinique and Carriacou. Each island has its distinct personality. They share ...
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