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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.
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Saint Thomas
Lowland parish can arguably be viewed as the heart of the Nevis economy. This is because the island's main economic sector is tourism, and this parish is home to the island's largest hotel, the Four Seasons Resort, which is the largest single employer on the island, second only to the
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The southern end of the parish embraces the northern fringe of
Charlestown, the capital of Nevis, including the Community Center (which was previously the cinema), the ruins of the Rest Haven Hotel (heavily damaged by
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The small but steep hill at Cades Point is a weathered remnant of an ancient volcanic core. Further inland, many small villages and homes are located on the gently sloping landscape which gradually rises up towards
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The parish of Saint Thomas
Lowland is the premier development area in Nevis at present, with a large hotel and golf course construction in progress, the most expensive such development in the Federation.
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in the late 1680s, but there is no archeological evidence that would support that story. In any case the first settlement was abandoned, but St. Thomas' Church, on higher ground, remains.
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Government. The Four
Seasons golf course is considered to be one of the best in the Caribbean. Several other hotel developments are also located on the coast of this parish.
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The coast of this parish consists primarily of sand beaches, most notably the 3-mile long Pinney's Beach. Behind the sandy coastline are several small
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HUBBARD, VINCENT K., 2002. Swords, ships, and sugar: a history of Nevis, Premiere
Editions, Corvallis, Oregon. 5th Edition.
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Saint Thomas was the first established Parish on Nevis, and was home to the first
British settlement, Jamestown.
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is one of 5 Nevis parishes which are in turn part of the 14 administrative
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in 1989), and Pinney's Beach Hotel at the southern end of Pinney's Beach.
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174:The parish capital settlement is
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73:18 km (7 sq mi)
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362:Saint George Basseterre
259:Museum of Nevis History
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468:17.17333°N 62.60528°W
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265:References
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164:Nevis Peak
78:Population
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206:Westbury
129:parishes
228:History
219:Economy
203:Stuarts
200:Jessups
182:Capital
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