Hewanorra

Hewanorra is an Indigenous name for Saint Lucia, a mountainous island of the Lesser Antilles. Its steep volcanic slopes rise above sheltered bays, and the twin Pitons stand near the southwestern coast. Kalinago communities inhabited the island before French and British settlers competed for control.

The French established a lasting colonial settlement around 1650 and concluded a treaty with the Kalinago in 1660. During the following century Saint Lucia changed hands repeatedly as Britain and France fought for the Caribbean. Sugar plantations expanded with the forced labor of enslaved Africans, and the island’s harbors became valuable naval positions in the struggle between the two powers. After further occupations during the French revolutionary wars, Britain retained the Caribbean island under the settlement of 1814.

The later city of Castries lies here.