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Mount Fortune

mountain, Castries, Saint Lucia

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Mount Fortune is an 852-foot (260-meter) mountain that overlooks Castries, the capital and chief city of Saint Lucia. Castries is located on the northwestern coast of the island in the eastern Caribbean Sea and serves as Saint Lucia's primary port, exporting goods such as bananas, sugarcane, rum, and coconuts. While Vieux Fort is another town in Saint Lucia, Mount Fortune is specifically associated with Castries.12

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