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unusual facts about St. Lucia


St. Lucia's flood

The island of Griend was almost destroyed, only ten houses were left standing.


Battle of St. Lucia

Grant and Prescott took control of the high ground around the bay, while Medows continued on and took Vigie the following morning (14 December).

Capture of St. Lucia

On that same day, Commodore William Hotham was dispatched from Sandy Hook, New York, to reinforce the British fleet in the West Indies.

Catherine L. Malone

From November of 1996 to present she works as a field research assistant in various Caribbean nations, such as Dominican Republic, Montserrat, St. Eustatius, and Saba, St. Lucia.

Hammad Azam

On 23 April 2011, Azam along with Mohammad Salman and Junaid Khan made their one day international debuts against West Indies in St. Lucia.

Lucia Peak

It was named after Chief master sergeant Charles R. Lucia who served with the 109th Airlift Wing as Chief of Maintenance Control during the transition of LC-130 operations from the U.S. Navy to the Air National Guard.

Peter Goldring

A week after the passage of Hurricane Ivan over Grenada, Goldring visited the islands of Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Grenada, touring much of the destruction left on Grenada.

Sodwana Bay

Sodwana Bay is located on the east coast of South Africa, between St. Lucia and Lake Sibhayi.

Sounds of St. Lucia: Live

Sounds of St. Lucia: Live is a live album released by Image Entertainment, on both CD and DVD, of a performance by Acoustic Alchemy at the tenth St. Lucia Jazz Festival in 2000.

University of the Southern Caribbean

Menissa Rambally - 1997 - St. Lucia`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations 2012 -, Cabinet Minister, St. Lucia.


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Arturo Tappin

His dynamic live performances and his reputation for putting on explosive shows led him to perform at the Edinburgh Festival, Soho Jazz Festival, Miami AT&T Caribbean Jazz Festival, St. Lucia, Antigua, Curaçao, St. Kitts, St.Vincent, Grenada and Barbados Jazz Festivals, Arturo continued his live performance schedule at Bob Marley's Birthday Bash, James Bond Film Festival in Jamaica, and Trinidad's Independence Day celebration in Miami.

Barbara Jefferis Award

The Anatomy of Wings, Karen Foxlee, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, ISBN 978-0-7022-3616-7

Dick-a-Dick

Mallett, A. (2002) The black lords of summer: the story of the 1868 Aboriginal tour of England and Beyond, University of Queensland Press: St Lucia.

Francesco Caracciolo

The local port of St. Lucia nevertheless took care of Caracciolo's remains, giving him a proper funeral and burial at church of Santa Maria della Catena.

George Charles

In the 1951 General Elections, the first held under universal adult suffrage, the St. Lucia Labour Party under his leadership won five of the eight seats against the middle class-oriented Peoples Progressive Party.

George Odlum Stadium

It is approximately five minutes away from the main population centre in the south of St Lucia, and virtually a stone’s throw from the Hewanorra International Airport.

The stadium was handed over to the Government and people of St Lucia, represented by Prime Minister Honourable Dr. Kenny Anthony and Minister for Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports, Honourable Mario Michel, in July 2002.

Gros Islet Quarter

Steamed fish, barbecue chicken and St. Lucia's own Piton beer can be purchased from these vendors.

Inspector Gadget 2

Settings for this film include the Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus, Queensland Parliament House, University of Queensland St Lucia Campus; South Bank Parklands Beach; Toowong Village, Anglican Church Grammar School and the William Jolly Bridge, all in Brisbane, Australia.

Laborie Quarter

Prominent Laborians include the second Prime Minister – and first being elected to the position following independence – of St. Lucia, Sir Allan Louisy; the 7th Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Dr. Kenny Anthony; and the current Governor General, Dame Pearlette Louisy.

Mitchell Watt

Mitchell is currently enrolled in a Law / Economics dual degree at the University of Queensland, St Lucia, where he holds a High Achievement Scholarship for his academic and sporting excellence.

Rameau Poleon

He has been recorded by Smithsonian Folkways's Folkways Records label on the album Musical Traditions of St. Lucia, West Indies: Dances and Songs from a Caribbean Island, where he appears as lead fiddler on a kwadril suite of five dance tunes with the Kwadril Ensemble.

REDjet

On August 5, 2011, REDjet scheduled to begin flights into St Lucia from as early as October 2011 by St. Lucian Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Senator Allen Chastanet.

Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

This is now RBTT Bank Caribbean, with branches in St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and Bequia, and owns RBTT Bank (SKN) in Nevis and RBTT Bank Grenada.

Saint Lucia–United States relations

The Peace Corps, whose Eastern Caribbean regional headquarters is located in St. Lucia, has 22 volunteers in St. Lucia, working primarily in business development, education, and health.

San Torpete

An altarpiece of Madonna with St Thomas Becket of Canterbury, St Lucia and John the Baptist is attributed to the studio of Luca Cambiaso or Andrea Semini.

Societies of Saint Lucia

– were being defined, St Lucia chose to have two flowers, a rose and a marguerite.

Soufrière, Saint Lucia

Soufrière has some famous inhabitants, the future Empress of France Joséphine de Beauharnais spent much of her childhood in the area, as well as George Charles, the first Premier of St Lucia.

UQ Business School

Most of the school’s staff are located at the St Lucia campus, a 114-acre site located seven miles from the centre of Brisbane within a bend in the Brisbane River.

Vieux Fort Quarter

It is the second-largest town on the island and is the home of St Lucia's international airport, Hewanorra International Airport.

A notable tourist attraction is the Maria Islands Nature Reserve, managed by the Saint Lucia National Trust, which is a nesting ground for leatherback turtles and is home to a species of iguana indigenous to St. Lucia.