Carnival tour of Nelson Island Tuesday

The island’s history includes its initial use as a processing depot and repatriation centre for East Indian labourers during the indentureship, as a sea plane base for the Americans during World War II and in 1970 as a detention centre for people involved in the Black Power Movement.

The tour takes place from 10 am to 2 pm, with boarding at 9 am at the Port-of-Spain Water Taxi Terminal.

Tickets for National Trust members are $200, non-members $250, seniors $225, and juniors $150.

Tickets can be purchased at the PoS and San Fernando Water Taxi Terminals as well as at the National Trust’s offices, 68-70 Sackville Street, Portof- Spain.

The National Trust, established by Act No 11 of 1991, is the agency responsible for safeguarding the tangible heritage of TT.

Its mandate is to preserve, protect and provide information and access to the country’s built and natural heritage.

It is also charged with the development of the Nelson Island Heritage Site.