The Island of Hundred Mills

Picture of old windmill

Marie-Galante is a small (158 km2 / 61 square miles) island about 30 km / 16 miles south of Guadeloupe. It is a dependency of Guadeloupe, a French overseas department. It is known as the hundred mills island. Initially, a few ox-powered mills were used to extract sugar cane juice which then was used to […]