Fort Rodney
Cannons on the walls.
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Pigeon Island is a green twin-peaked hill in northern Saint Lucia. It was an islet of about 18 ha until 1972, when a causeway built from the earth dug out for Rodney Bay Marina joined it to the mainland. It holds the ruins of British forts and barracks and wide sea views, and it is now a national landmark. Finds from the first island peoples date back to around 1000 AD. The French pirate François le Clerc used it as a base in the mid-16th century. Between 1779 and 1782 Admiral George Rodney built Fort Rodney here and watched the French fleet on nearby Martinique from its summit. The barracks were built in 1808 and used until 1901. It became a national park in 1979. You climb a path to Fort Rodney, where old cannons sit on the walls, then up to the higher Signal Peak. From the top you see Rodney Bay and the north, and Martinique on clear days. Below are the stone barracks ruins with their arches, and two small beaches. The island is 10 km in a straight line north of Castries and 2 km north of Reduit Beach. Sources give entry at about US$10 for adults, around EC$27. The last stretch to the summit is steep.
Cannons on the walls.
The island's top.
Stone arches from 1808.
Gros Islet, northern Saint Lucia
Easy to the fort, steep near the summit.
Yes, on clear days.