Christopher Columbus landed on Pillory Beach in 1492, the beach runs along the Western Shore of the island of Grand Turk, the admin capital of Turks and Caicos.

When Jamaica was granted independence from Britain in August 1962, the Turks and Caicos Islands became a crown colony. From 1965, the governor of the Bahamas was also governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands and oversaw affairs for the islands. When the Bahamas gained independence in 1973, the Turks and Caicos received their own governor.

One of the Worlds top dive locations the “Grand Canyon of the Caribean” is 1,000 ft offshore.