ent of the Virgin Islands. The Daily News of May 13, 1938, reported the 1934 discov- ery by Alvarez Julien of skeletal remains and pottery sherds on Water Island. Based upon the direct association of shells, stone implements and pottery in the area, Julien suspected the remains to be Carib Indian in origin. In

r and the 1954, passage of the U.S. Virgin Islands Organic Act officially granted territorial status to the three islands - St. Thomas, St. John, and Water Island. St. Thomas . Thomas has a lively tourist trade. It is the USVI’s most osmopolitan island, yet it still retains the distinctive tmosphere of a secl

rto Rico and immediately west of the British Virgin Islands. The territory consists of four main islands: Saint Thomas, Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island, as well as several dozen smaller islands. The combined land area of the islands is roughly twice the size of Washington, D.C. IGY American Yacht Ha

the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Coleman, the captain of the motor boat Turtle, was conducting para- sailing excursions just south of Water Island on Nov. 15, 2011, according to a press release from the Nelson tells Luis board that By JOY BLACKBURN Daily News Staff ST. CROIX — Luis Hospital C

to 5 V.I.C. § 4903. 4. The Virgin Islands is an unincorporated territory of the United States. It consists of St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John, and Water Island, and more than 40 surrounding islands and Cays, some of which are privately owned. Among these privately owned islands are Little St. James and Gre