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7 unusual facts about Road Town


Caribbean Broadcast Network

The Caribbean Broadcast Network (CBN) is the local television station for Road Town, and the rest of the British Virgin Islands.

John Cornell Chads

On 1 August 1853, a large body of rural labourers came to Road Town to protest the imposition of a new cattle tax.

Road Town

Road Town is served by the British Virgin Islands' only major airport, Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (IATA: EIS, ICAO: TUPJ), at Beef Island, within a short drive of the city.

Salt Island, British Virgin Islands

Salt Island is one of the islands of the archipelago of the British Virgin Islands located about 4.7 miles south east (151 degrees true) of Road Town, the main town on Tortola.

Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands

Spanish Town on southern Virgin Gorda is the second largest town (after Road Town) on the British Virgin Islands.

The Settlement, British Virgin Islands

The towns harbor is at Setting Point which is a popular place for sailboats, the harbor has connections with Road Town on Tortola thrice-weekly by ferries.

Tortola

The ferries run between Charlotte Amalie in the center of St. Thomas, and Red Hook in the East End of St. Thomas and St. John, and either Road Town or the West End of Tortola.


Elliot Griffin Thomas

Thomas was enrolled in the Methodist Day School in Road Town and as a teenager attended Charlotte Amalie High School, St. Thomas, where he graduated in 1945.

Fort Charlotte, Tortola

The fort was built by the British Royal Engineers in 1794 at an elevation of approximately 947 feet over Road Town.


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