Topo Island

Island located in Badagry, Lagos
6°24′20″N 2°56′24″E / 6.40556°N 2.94000°E / 6.40556; 2.94000Administration
 Nigeria

Topo Island is an island located in the Topo town area of Badagry Local Government of Lagos State, in South-west Nigeria. The island was home to the [1] missionaries who built a Chapel, Convent, Teacher training college, cemetery and also a coconut plantation. The island was later abandoned in 1962 when the missionaries left and the locals also left once the plantation could no longer support them.

The island is known for coconut plantation,[1][2] tourism attractions, and Catholics[3] pilgrimage to a site where an early missionary cemetery is located.[4]

  • Missionary Father's House Topo Island 02.jpg
  • Missionary Teacher Training College Topo Island.jpg
  • Missionary Teacher Training College Topo Island 16.jpg
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  • Missionary Teacher Training College Topo Island 14.jpg
  • Missionary Cemetery on Topo Island.jpg
  • Missionary Chapel on Topo Island.jpg
  • Missionary Chapel on Topo Island 04.jpg
  • Wall detail of Missionary Chapel on Topo Island.jpg
  • Remnants of walkway built by The Missionaries on Topo Island 03.jpg
  • Missionary Father's house and Teacher Training College on Topo Island.jpg

References

  1. ^ "Lagos and the coconut connection - Nigeria and World News". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  2. ^ "World Coconut Day celebration holds in Lagos tomorrow - Nigeria and World News". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  3. ^ "Topo Island revisited". Society of African Missions. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  4. ^ "Catholic cemetery, where the living, the dead meet". Vanguard News. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.

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  1. ^ "Make Topo-Badagry coconut plantation tourists site — Monarch -". The Eagle Online. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2022-02-20.