Cinnamon Bay Plantation Ruins
Cinnamon Bay Plantation Ruins
Cinnamon Bay Plantation Ruins (North Shore Road, Cinnamon Bay, St. John) — established by the Danes in 1717, Cinnamon Bay Plantation is one of the earliest sugar plantation settlements on St. John. In 1733 the owner of the plantation, Daniel Jensen, played a pivotal role in the slave rebellion which swept the island. The uprising shook the Caribbean, and the final stages saw the participation of French and English forces to suppress it. The ruins of the former plantation buildings are clustered around the North Shore Road, including the horse mill and “Bagasse Shed,” where crushed cane stalks were dried before use as a fuel in the boiling process of the cane juice. The plantation includes the factory building, containing the boiling bench and crystallizing pan, plantation house, cook house, slave quarters, two cemeteries and a warehouse.
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:30m pm (daily/Cruz Bay Visitor Center)(the park is open 24 hours a day). Free entry.