Keiskammahoek

Keiskammahoek (also spelled Keiskamahoek) is a town in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Keiskammahoek is surrounded by a number of villages and peri-urban settlements that support the town.

It is located in the centre of four different biomes: Albany Thicket, Grasslands, Savannah and Afromontane forest.

A hospital and training facility for nurses was opened at the site in 1923 and the secondary school began in 1926.

Marguerite Poland's Shades is set in a fictionalised version of Keiskammahoek and based on life at the mission station.

One of the buildings at the old St Matthews Mission School
Amathole District within South Africa
Amathole District within South Africa