The Huguenots sailed into the bay in the late 1500's, fleeing from France because of their religious beliefs. .After they established a small settlement, building with local volcanic stone, they decided the configuration of the land and sea reminded them of their homeland.. They named it Dieppe. .The other French were not to discover St. Kitts until several years into the 1600's. At the water's edge was a combination warehouse and shop, atop which lived the owner and family.

In 1963 the Golden Lemon opened it's doors to it's first guests as a welcoming vacation destination and never looked back.