The island is believed to have gotten
its name from the Carib for “land of
reefs”, and in the seventeenth and
Sites of
eighteenth centuries was spelt
Kayryouacou. The French were the
first European settlers and were soon
Interest
joined by English and Scottish
settlers.
Anse La Roche Beach
The most scenic beach on the island
with coral reefs just offshore. The
Carriacou
beach is secluded and unspolt and lies
at the foot of the High North Range.
Belair National Park
Has old French and English ruins, along
with pristine windmills that attest to
The residents of Carriacou are a proud
Carriacou’s industrial past.
and independent people. As with the
It is also the venue for the Maroon
Glaswegian descendants, the African
Festival and the Heritage Village.
descendants can often trace their
The Botanical Gardens
ancestry back to the African tribe to
Great displays of tropical plants,
which they belong.
flowers and trees.
The Big Drum Dance is a traditional
African dance originally performed
The Carriacou Museum
only on special occasions – at planting
Housed in a restored cotton gin mill,
time, the launching of a boat, or at a
the museum has exhibits tracing the
tombstone feast, when a tomb-stone
early British and French occupation of
was erected on the grave of a relative.
the islands. There is also an African
Today it is enacted at some cultural
and art section with paintings from
events.
Canute Calliste, the islands’ most
famous artist.
European dances such as the
Quadrille, which was popular in both Dumfries
England and France in the eighteenth On the south-eastern coast of the
century, is still performed today. island, was one of the earliest
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