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2. Caneel Bay - Wikipedia

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   Caneel Bay. Caneel Bay was a resort set on a 170-acre peninsula in the Virgin Islands National Park. The resort, near picturesque beaches, is a vacation destination in the Caribbean. It is located on the northwest side of St. John, US Virgin Islands.

3. Inside the Legal Battle Raging Over a Rockefeller Retreat in ...

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   Rockefeller founded Caneel Bay in the mid-1950s, a gem in the midst of the 5,000 acres of pristine land he had bought up on St. John and donated to the U.S. government.

4. RockResorts - Wikipedia

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   RockResorts is a hotel brand with roots in the 1950s. Laurance Rockefeller, founder, began building a series of resorts in 1956 with the establishment of Caneel Bay on St. John in the United States Virgin Islands.

5. Virgin Islands National Park - Wikipedia

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   Caneel Bay. Beaches, coral reefs, hiking trails, and natural sites are the park's main attractions. Visitors can stay in numerous resorts, hotels, and vacation villas near the park on St. John. Cinnamon Bay Campground is located inside the park, as is Caneel Bay Resort on the north shore which lies on Rockefeller's former personal estate ...

6. Fortsberg - Wikipedia

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   The preceding fort on the site was seized by slaves in a November 23, 1733, rebellion. The slaves "massacred the garrison and occupied most of the plantations of St. John. The plantation owners fled to Mr. Durlo's plantation, now Caneel Bay, which was fortified and successfully defended.

7. Laurance Rockefeller - Wikipedia

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   Through his resort management company, Rockresorts, Inc., Rockefeller opened environmentally focused hotels at Caneel Bay on Saint John, United States Virgin Islands (1956; a favorite resort today for celebrities), some property of which was later turned over to the Virgin Islands National Park; in Puerto Rico, on Virgin Gorda in the British ...

8. Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   The remaining portion, the Caneel Bay Resort, operates on a lease arrangement with the NPS, which owns the underlying land. The boundaries of the Virgin Islands National Park include 75% of the island, but various in-holdings within the park boundary (e.g., Peter Bay) reduce the park lands to 60% of the island acreage.

9. List of beaches in the U.S. Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   Caneel Beach Beach at Kiddel Bay Gibney Beach, aka Oppenheimer Beach Trunk Bay, St. John 37] [38] ... Magens Bay, St. Thomas Coki Beach Linquist Beach.