CCC Forestation Project at Calabash Boom – St. John VI

City:
St. John, VIRGIN-ISLANDS

Site Type:
Forestry and Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting

New Deal Agencies:
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1937

Completed:
1938

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The CCC carried out a forestation project that involved planting hardwood trees at Clabash Boom, at Johnson Bay on St. John.

Source notes

U.S. Department of the Interior, Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1938, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938, p. 19.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on May 15, 2017.

Location Info


Calabash Boom
St. John, VI

Coordinates: 18.3277325, -64.70319159999997

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