Discover St. Vincent and the Grenadines – How the islands came into being….

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is part of an island chain in the southeastern Caribbean called the Lesser Antilles, or Windward Islands. Referred to as the “Gem of the Antilles,” St. Vincent and the Grenadines is comprised of St. Vincent, Bequia, Canouan, Mayreau, Mustique, Union Island, and many smaller Islands and Cays. Mainland St. Vincent is relatively young, about 3 million years old.

The Islands sit on, and were formed by the Caribbean tectonic plate, pushed upward by either or both the...