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Major highways and routes on all islands are two digit numbers and end in 0 (examples: 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 70, and 80). The only exception to this rule is Highway 66 (Melvin Evans Highway) on St. Croix. Other major roads are assigned two digits numbers and end with a number other than 0 (example: 38).
Car barges also run between Cruz Bay and Red Hook. Water Island can be reached from Crown Bay, Saint Thomas. There is a once daily ferry between Charlotte Amalie and Gallows Bay, Saint Croix. International ferries also run between Saint Thomas, Saint John, and the neighboring British Virgin Islands. [10]
Camille Pissarro, A Creek in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands), 1856, National Gallery of Art. Pissarro was born on St. Thomas. The first British invasion and occupation of the island occurred in 1801. The islands were returned to Denmark in 1802, under the terms of the Treaty of Amiens. Fire destroyed hundreds of homes in Charlotte Amalie in 1804.
The 20-minute ferry ride to Cruz Bay on the island of St. John, which is a part of the Virgin Islands National Park, leaves the town of Red Hook. [6] Other ferry destinations from Red Hook include the islands of Tortola and Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, as well as St. Croix. [7]
Soon after the airport, Highway 30 meets Highway 33, a road which serves the northern part of St. Thomas, as well as Highway 308, a road which runs parallel to Highway 30 through the heart of Charlotte Amalie. Highway 30 runs along the Caribbean Sea at this point, and travelers can see the cruise ships docked at Charlotte Amalie's harbor.
Anna's Retreat is a town in the administrative subdistrict of Tutu in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.As of 2006, the population was 7,600, making Anna's Retreat the second-largest town in the U.S. Virgin Islands after the territorial capital, Charlotte Amalie.
By area, the Northside subdistrict is the largest administrative census sub-district on the Saint Thomas island. The population here increased by 1,337 additional residents between the 2000 U.S. Census , [ 2 ] when the population was 8,712, [ 3 ] and the 2010 United States Census , which showed a population of 10,049.
Havensight on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands is a community and the busiest cruise port in the world. [ 1 ] It is located in the Southside census subdistrict (CSD), 1.5 miles from the territorial capital of Charlotte Amalie in Charlotte Amalie East. [ 2 ]