Tugela River
St Lucia was first named in 1554 as "Rio dos Medos do Ouro" (alternatively "Rio dos Médãos do Ouro" — "River of the Gold Dunes") by the survivors of the Portuguese ship São Bento. At this stage, only the Tugela River mouth was known as St. Lucia. Later, in 1575, the Tugela River was named Tugela. On 13 December 1575, the day of the feast of Saint Lucy, Manuel Peresterello renamed the mouth area to Santa Lucia.