Pigeon Island (Saint Lucia) Pigeon Island (Saint Lucia) Pigeon Island is a islet located in Gros Islet in the northern region of Saint Lucia. Once isolated from the country in the Caribbean Sea, the island was artificially joined to the western coast of mainland in 1972 by a man-made causeway built from dirt excavated to form the Rodney Bay Marina. Composed of two peaks the island is a historic site with numerous forts such as an 18th-century British fort and Fort Rodney both used by the British to spy on French Ships from neighbouring Martinique. In 1979 it was named a national park and
Telecommunications in Saint Lucia Telecommunications in Saint Lucia Communications in Saint Lucia Telephones - main lines in use: 90,000 Telephones - mobile cellular: 100,000 Telephone system: Saint Lucia is part of the North American Numbering Plan; its area code is 758. Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 7 (plus 3 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998), includes VQH-AM 660 Radios: 111,000 (1997) Television broadcast stations: 3 (of which two are commercial stations and one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (1997) Televisions: 100,000 (2005) Saint Lucia's country code top-level domain is .lc. Prior to the 21st century internet was available only by satellite. As