Sandy Point Town

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Sandy Point is the second largest town of St. Kitts. It is situated on the north-west coast of St.Kitts and is the capital of Saint Anne Sandy Point Parish.

It is strongly believed that the area known as Sandy Point was the original landing point for English coloner of St. Kitts, Sir Thomas Warner, in 1623. After being founded in the 1620s, It became the commercial centre of St.Kitts and one of the busiest ports in the region, as evidenced by the remains of the many former Dutch warehouses lining the shoreline, which once totalled over 300. After 1727, when the bulk of commercial activity was moved to Basseterre, the town and its port slowly slid further from the forefront. Its port was closed entirely following Hurricane Klaus in 1984.

The greatest evidence of the town's former wealth can be seen via Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park. The largest fortress ever built in the Eastern Caribbean by the British, constructed to defend the town's port and the downhill fortress of Fort Charles (Saint Kitts), which in turn was the colony's second largest fortification.

Today, Sandy Point Town is an important industrial centre, manufacturing aeronautics equipment. It is also a tourism centre, home to the entrance way to Brimstone Hill (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), and the soon to be completed La Vallée Golf Course and Development.