Interesting Facts about Grenada

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18 curious facts about Grenada.

• Canada and Grenada both became British colonies in the same year, 1763.
• Julius Isaac, chief justice of the Federal Court of Canada, is of Grenadian heritage. Eddie Bullen is a Grenadian- born musician, arranger and composer who now lives in Canada.
• Grenada is called the “Isle of Spice.” Nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon grow there.
• The town of Sauteurs (“leapers” in French) is so named because it is believed that the last Carib warriors jumped to their death from a nearby cliff, rather than submit to the Europeans.