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20 unusual facts about Saint Michael


Barbados Light and Power Company

It started operations in 1911 and has three power generation stations: one located along the Spring Garden Highway, a second at The Garrison and a third located at the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport in Seawell.

Cammie Smith

Cameron Wilberforce Smith (born July 29, 1933, Upper Dayrells Road, Saint Michael, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in five Tests from 1960 to 1962.

Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

CBC's studios and offices are located North of Wildey at The Pine, Saint Michael.

Cavite Choral

The Cavite Chorale is one of the premier choral groups of the Caribbean, sponsored by the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill.

CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank

location = Warrens, Saint Michael

Constitution River

The western end of the river runs through the centre of Bridgetown in Saint Michael.

David Holford

David Anthony Jerome Holford (born April 16, 1940, Upper Collymore Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 24 Tests from 1966 to 1977.

Frank Collymore

Collymore was born at Woodville Cottage, Chelsea Road, Saint Michael, Barbados (where he lived all his life).

HM Prison

The title of HM Prison is given to Dodds Prison in St. Philip, and the former Glendairy Prison in Station Hill, St. Michael.

Northeastern Local School District

Another school in association with the school district was the Saint Michael's Alternate Learning Center run by Saint Michael's of the Ridge Roman Catholic Church.

Patricia Symmonds

She was a part-time lecturer and tutor at Cave Hill Campus from 1963-65.

Payless ShoeSource

In 2012 Payless expanded into the Barbados market by opening the first ten-employee store at Haggatt Hall, St. Michael.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Q.E.H.) is located in Barbados' capital city Bridgetown, which is located in the parish of Saint Michael.

Romelle Burgess

Born in Saint Michael, Burgess moved to the United States in 2002 to attend Southern New Hampshire University, becoming just one of four college soccer players there to earn All-Conference honors four times.

Saint Michael, North Dakota

Constantine Scollen the famous missionary priest was resident at St John from early 1887 until 1890

Saint Michael's of the Ridge Roman Catholic Church

Saint Michael's of the Ridge Roman Catholic Church is a church within the Toledo Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.

Shani Mootoo

In 2008, the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, hosted a "Symposium on the Fictions of Shani Mootoo in the Context of Caribbean Women’s Writings".

Starcom Network

Starcom Network began its life as Radio Distribution (Barbados) Limited, with the introduction of the first broadcast station then located at Wildey, St. Michael in 1935.

The Girl Guide Association of Barbados

The first Guide meeting in Barbados was held on 30 November 1918 at Government House, Saint Michael.

Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil

That year, he joined several Russian officers in a palace coup against Paul I and, along with General Bennigsen assassinated the tsar in Saint Michael's Castle.


Fitz Hinds

Delmont Cameron St Clair Hinds (born 1 June 1880 at Westbury Road, St Michael, Barbados, death details unknown) was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured with the first West Indian touring side to England in 1900.

Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur

Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur is one of the best-known foreign architects to have worked in 19th century England, where he designed Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild and the Imperial Mausoleum at Saint Michael's Abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire.

History of Pensacola, Florida

The Confederate Secretary of the Navy, Stephen Mallory, was a Pensacolian and is buried in the city's historic Saint Michael's Cemetery.

Keith Bancroft

Claude Keith Bancroft (30 October 1885 in Fontabelle, St Michael, Barbados – 12 January 1919 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906 as their wicket-keeper.

Weihenstephan Abbey

The monastery proper, dedicated at first to Saint Vitus, later to Saints Stephen and Michael, was founded by Bishop Hitto von Freising in approximately 811–835.