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Pigeon Island, located in the
extreme north of the island.
The island has a spicy history
dating back to the 1550s when St
Lucia's first French settler, Jambe
de Bois ('Wooden Leg'), used it as a
base for raiding passing Spanish
ships. Two centuries later British
admiral George Rodney fortified the
island, using it to monitor the
French fleet on Martinique. With the
end of hostilities between the two
European rivals, the fort slipped
into disuse in the 19th century,
although the USA established a small
signal station there during WWII. |
