 The physical isolation used to their advantage by their ancestors has today led to their communities remaining among the most inaccessible on the island.In their largest town, Accompong, in the parish of St Elizabeth, the Leeward Maroons still possess a vibrant community of about 600.Tours of the village are offered to foreigners and a large festival is put on every January 6 to commemorate the signing of the peace treaty with the British after the First Maroon War.