The West Shore maintains a sense of small-town community that is more insular than other parts of the island. Largely untouched by development projects, it is home to many descendents of the multi-national workforce that labored in area’s sugar plantations. Its more arid climate may come as a surprise to visitors accustomed to afternoon showers from their visits to the island’s North Shore. Its small towns serve mainly as gateways to the parks farther north—Waimea Canyon State Park, Kokee State Park, and Polihale State Park—though there are a few good beaches on the way.
Once an important agricultural port, Waimea (pop. 1787) was the first stop for many visitors to Hawaii, including Christian missionaries, Russian emissaries, and the western “discoverer” of Hawaii ...more
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