Interestingly enough, so named not because of the island, but because it was first navigated by the ship named after this whisky:
Posted on 04/19/2008 4:49:13 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
Lieutenant-Colonel Guille described life on the island as idyllic, adding: “It’s a very quiet and peaceful place, we are a self-sufficient, close-knit little community and we just like to get on with life away from the public eye.”
He said he believed that the island’s original settlers in the 16th century would be “quite pleased” with the changes. All of Sark’s original 40 colonising families were able to vote in the island’s elections. Lieutenant-Colonel Guille added: “That was an extremely democratic thing to do and very democratic for that age.”
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Justice said: “We can confirm that the Reform (Sark) Law 2008 and the Real Property (Transfer Tax, Charging and Related Provisions) (Sark) Law 2007 were given Royal Assent by Her Majesty in Council today.It is now for Sark to implement the new legislation and to continue its process of constitutional reform.”
Sark's secrets
— Sark has 600 inhabitants
— There is no airstrip and tractors are the only motorised vehicles allowed on the island. Passengers and goods arriving by ferry from Guernsey are transported from the wharf by tractor-pulled vehicles
— Sark was occupied by German forces during the Second World War and many islanders were deported to Germany
— In 1991, Andre Gardes, an unemployed French nuclear physicist, attempted an invasion of the island, armed with a semi-automatic weapon. He was arrested by the island’s police officer while sitting on a bench, changing the gun’s magazine
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Wasn’t it the first governor, Lord Sark, that invented sarcasm?
Google up the ‘Bank of Sark’, for an interesting story...
Interestingly enough, so named not because of the island, but because it was first navigated by the ship named after this whisky:
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