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Virgin Islands National Park, renowned throughout the world for its breathtaking
beauty, covers approximately 3/5 of St. John, and nearly all of Hassel Island
in the Charlotte Amalie harbor on St. Thomas. Within its borders lie protected
bays of crystal blue-green waters teeming with coral reef life, white sandy
beaches shaded by seagrape trees, coconut palms, and tropical forests providing
habitat for over 800 species of plants. To these amazing natural resources,
add relics from the Pre-Colombian Amerindian Civilization, remains of the
Danish Colonial Sugar Plantations, and reminders of African Slavery and
the Subsistence Culture that followed during the 100 years after Emancipation
- all part of the rich cultural history of the Park and its island home. |
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