Topo Island

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 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.

Topo Island
Geography
LocationBadagry
Coordinates6°24′20″N 2°56′24″E
Administration

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]

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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.
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