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Hillsborough is the largest town (city) on the island of Carriacou, Grenada. The town serves primarily as a retail and administrative centre of both Carriacou and Petite Martinique . It has a population of approximately 1,000 people.
Carriacou is home to 6,000 people. [2] The capital city is Hillsborough, the only town or city on the island.The port authority is located in Tyrell Bay, where the ferry from Grenada docks.
The people of Carriacou travel mainly by privately run 15 seater buses. Rental cars and taxis are also available and boats are commonplace. Lauriston Airport, located in Lauriston, Carriacou, is the island's major airport, and a small ferry boat known as the Osprey runs between Carriacou, Grenada, and Petite Martinique. The short distances ...
The largest settlement on the sister islands is Hillsborough on Carriacou. Grenada is of volcanic origin, [8] as evident in its soil, mountainous interior, and several explosion craters, including Lake Antoine, Grand Etang Lake, and Levera Pond. Grenada's highest point is Mount St. Catherine, rising to 840 m (2,760 ft) above sea level. [8]
The monstrous storm made landfall on Carriacou at 11 a.m. EDT Monday as a Category 4 with winds of 140, the first time a hurricane has made landfall on the island since recordkeeping began in the ...
The St. Patrick's Church [1] is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Hillsborough the main town of the island of Carriacou, the largest and most populous in the Grenadine Islands center that is part of Grenada.
The Molinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park in Grenada, created by British sculptor and ecologist Jason deCaires Taylor in 2006, has just expanded significantly, with 31 new sculptures added to the ...
A sign warning of tsunami dangers is posted near a damaged house after the passage of Hurricane Beryl, on the island of Carriacou, Grenada July 3, 2024.