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Friday, July 25, 2025

Taking pride in the poui trees

...how Princes Town got its name

by

Innis Francis
2172 days ago
20190816

In­nis Fran­cis

Princes Town na­tives have al­ways tak­en pride, re­gard­less of their re­li­gion, that the two poui trees plant­ed in the 1880s by Queen Vic­to­ria's grand­sons—Prince Al­bert and Prince George—have giv­en the name to their com­mu­ni­ty and brings fame to the St Stephen's An­gli­can Church.

Still stand­ing tall and strong at the en­trance of the church, the trees are a sig­nif­i­cant part of the com­mu­ni­ty's rich her­itage.

Fa­ther Michael Greenidge said vis­i­tors from New York, Cana­da, Aus­tralia, and Lon­don would of­ten come to the his­tor­i­cal site when they are in Trinidad. He said dur­ing the Christ­mas sea­son the trees are beau­ti­ful­ly lit, much to the de­light of res­i­dents.


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