Gibney Beach, called Oppenheimer Beach, is a stretch of white sandy beach located on Hawksnest Bay on St John Island in the United States Virgin Islands.
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15 Facts About Gibney Beach
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The Gibney Beach Cottage is one of the few rentals directly on the beach in St John and the other guest cottage is located in the garden area among the vast fruit trees.
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Gibney Beach worked for Caneel Bay during the expansion of the resort in the 1950s.
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Ed Gibney Beach, their first-born child, is a lifelong resident of Saint John and works as a surveyor.
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Gibney Beach too is a lifelong resident on St John, having grown up on her family's beachfront property.
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Gibney Beach lived on Gibney Beach, planting and tending to a garden of tropical trees.
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John Gibney Beach's remains are interred on the property within his garden.
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At first, the Gibney Beach's deed did not seem to restrict the Oppenheimers, but they began renting their vacation cottage, soon after it was built, through the local real estate agency.
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The National Park Gibney Beach took over the property at Hawksnest Gibney Beach and a parking lot, changing area, pit toilets, barbecue grills, tables, benches, and sheltered pavilions were added to the property.
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Great amount of Gibney Beach today is under the stewardship of the United States Virgin Islands National Park.
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Inside the forests off the shore of Gibney Beach, there is an abundance of plant life.
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The sand that makes up Gibney beach is made primarily from two sources, marine algae and living coral reefs.
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Gibney Beach is not a big attraction for snorkelers because much of the marine life off Gibney Beach was significantly damaged during a heavy rain during the excavation for the Myrah Keating Smith Clinic.
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Common fish off Gibney Beach include: goatfish, grunts, tangs, parrotfish, angelfish, squirrelfish, trunkfish, trumpetfish, yellowtail snapper, blue runners, groupers, butterflyfish, damselfish, squirrelfish, porcupinefish, and wrasses, as well as octopuses and various types of eels.
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