Saint Vincent is a volcanic island, the largest island of the chain called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The five main towns of Saint Vincent are Layou, Barrouallie, Chateaubelair, Georgetown, and Calliaqua. Most Vincentians are the descendants of African slaves brought to work on the plantations. These wounds of the past are hard to forget on the islands. Long before Christopher Columbus spotted this island during his third voyage in 1498, it had been called Hairoun by the Caribs. Columbus named the island St. Vincent, since it was discovered on 22 January, the feast day of the Spanish patron saint, St. Vincent. Mainland St Vincent and Grenada are two of the few placesĀ that can boast about having black sand and white sand beaches in the same country. |