Grenada is an independent British Commonwealth Realm at the southern end of the Windward Islands of the West Indies, located south of Saint Vincent, southwest of Barbados, and north of Trinidad and Tobago. Although it was colonized initially by the French Grenada was a British colony from 1762 until it achieved independence in 1974. The country includes the large island of Grenada itself and also the southern third of the Grenadines, a chain of small islands between Saint Vincent and Grenada. After the historic Point Saline Light was demolished in the early 1980s the country had no active traditional lighthouses except for the very small Fort George beacon. This has changed recently with the building of a private lighthouse at Prickly Point. In addition, Grenada has several other sites of interest to lighthouse fans, including a Swedish lightship in retirement as a marina restaurant. Navigational aids in Grenada are maintained by the Grenada Ports Authority. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume J of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 110.
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Posted December 8, 2005. Checked and revised March 17, 2025. Lighthouses: 4; lightships: 1. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.