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Ottley's Village is a settlement in the north of Saint Kitts in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is located inland from the north coast on the road between Cayon and Tabernacle . 17°22′N 62°45′W / 17.367°N 62.750°W / 17.367; -
The second industry of the parish is tourism. A mile inland from Ottley's village lies Ottley's Plantation Inn, a former plantation house and one of the premier hotels on the island. The parish is also noted for its large water stores, which supply much of the East Coast.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1984, Nevis, with part of St. Christopher (Saint Kitts). Series E803 (D.O.S. 343), Sheet NEVIS, Edition 5 O.S.D. 1984. Reprinted in 1995, published by the Government of the United Kingdom (Ordnance Survey) for the Government of Saint Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis.
The capital of the two-island nation, and also its largest port, is the town of Basseterre on Saint Kitts. There is a modern facility for handling large cruise ships there. A ring road goes around the perimeter of the island with smaller roads branching off it; the interior of the island is too steep for habitation.
The parish capital of Saint John Figtree is the settlement known as Church Ground. The parish church, Fig Tree Church, is notable for being the location where the registration of the marriage between young Nevisian plantation family widow Frances Nisbet and Horatio Nelson was carried out, in 1787, when Nelson was still a young sea captain.
Map of Saint Kits and Nevis. This is a list of rivers of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Only Cayon and Wingfield are permanent rivers, all other rivers listed are intermittent. There are six permanent streams and 53 intermittent streams in Saint Kitts and Nevis. [1]
Bahamas: 35 Antigua: 279 108 Antigua and Barbuda: 36 Saint Croix: 214 82 United States Virgin Islands: 37 New Providence: 207 80 Bahamas: 38 Grand Cayman: 196 76 Cayman Islands: 39 Aruba: 180 74 Aruba: 40 Tortuga: 178 69 Haiti: 41 Saint Kitts: 168 65 Saint Kitts and Nevis: 42 San Salvador Island: 163 63 Bahamas: 43 Barbuda: 161 61 Antigua and ...
The St. Kitts Sugar Producers Association built a central factory for sugar refining and a railway for transportation in 1912. The London Electric Theatre opened on St. Kitts in 1917. A telephone system was built on St. Kitts in 1896 and included Nevis by 1913. Nevis' first automobile arrived in 1912, a Ford Model T.