St Croix
At the east of the island, St Croix is rocky and arid terrain, the west is higher, wetter and forested. Columbus thought that St Croix looked like a lush garden when he first saw it during his second voyage in 1493. He landed at Salt River on the north coast, which has now been approved as a national park encompassing the landing site as well as the rich underwater Salt River drop off and canyon.
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It had been cultivated by the Carib Indians, who called it Ay-Ay, and the land still lies green and fertile between the rolling hills. St Croix is the largest of the group with 84 square miles, lying 40 miles south of St Thomas. The name is pronounced to rhyme with ‘boy’. People born on the island are called Crucians, while North Americans who move there are known as Continentals.
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