Canouan
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| Geography | |||||||||
| Location | Caribbean Sea | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°43′N 61°20′W / 12.717°N 61.333°W | ||||||||
| Archipelago | Grenadines | ||||||||
| Total islands | 1 | ||||||||
| Area | 2.93 sq mi (7.6 km2) | ||||||||
| Highest elevation | 877 ft (267.3 m) | ||||||||
| Highest point | Mount Royal | ||||||||
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| Demographics | |||||||||
| Population | 1700 (2012) | ||||||||
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Canouan (
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History
Some time prior to 200 B.C. a cultivated tribe called the
More than 200 years after Columbus laid eyes on St. Vincent, the Europeans established a kind of permanent settlement. Its mountainous and heavily forested geography allowed the Caribs to defend against European settlement here longer than on almost any other island in the Caribbean.
After the Caribs were defeated on other islands they joined slaves who had escaped repression on Barbados by following the current and trade winds westward to St. Vincent, as well as those who had survived shipwrecks near St. Vincent and Bequia.
The mixed descendants of the island warriors and the freed Africans, who became known as the
In 1951 universal adult
Climate
The average daytime temperatures range from 24 to 30 °C (75 to 86 °F). The driest season is from December to May. The coolest months are between November and February.[4]
Resort development
In the early 1990s the Canouan Resorts Development company was formed and secured lease for areas of the island to build two hotels - the former
It was developed by the Italian banker Antonio Saladino, Irish financier Dermot Desmond and fintech billionaire Andrea Pignataro.[7]
Education
There are 2 schools on Canouan - the Government Primary school and the Canouan Secondary School which opened in September 2019. Both Schools are located in the same building with the Secondary School located at the top and primary school at the bottom. There is also an official Canouan Pre-school and Private Pre-school called Coral Reef located close to the primary school and Secondary School.
Transport
In 2008, the runway at Canouan Airport was lengthened to almost 6,000 feet to accommodate larger aircraft. It is now the jet port for the Grenadines.
Scheduled ferries link Canouan to St. Vincent, Union Island and Mayreau.[8]
Notable people
- Adonal Foyle, National Basketball Association player and political activist
- Sir John Compton, Prime Minister of St. Lucia
In popular culture
- The island (albeit mirrored and rotated 180 degrees) serves as the basis for Cayo Perico, a fictional island in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto Online as part of The Cayo Perico Heist update, released in 2020.
Footnotes
- ^ "St Vincent and the Grenadines, Population and Housing Census Preliminary Report 2012". The Census Office, SVG Government. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ Gonsalves (1994), p. 74.
- ^ "Canouan history and people | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | luxury caribbean villas | exclusive caribbean golf and spa resort". Archived from the original on 2015-10-11. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ^ "Canouan Island...heart of the Grenadines". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
- ^ "Canouan Island Resort to Change Management". Travel Agent Central.
- ^ "You May Not Know This Caribbean Island But You Should". Forbes. March 30, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ https://robbreport.com/travel/destinations/moguls-on-transforming-canouan-1234668688/
- ^ "Canouan, Mayreau & Union Island Ferry Schedule". SVG Tourism Authority.
References
- Gonsalves, Ralph E. History and the Future: A Caribbean Perspective. Quik-Print, Kingstown, St. Vincent, January 1994.
- Berkmoes, Ryan, Ver and Raub, Kevin (2011). Caribbean Islands, 6th Edition. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74179-454-0.
