Two years after back-to-back hurricanes struck St. John, the famed Caneel Bay Resort has not reopened. The storms’ lingering aftermath laid bare the eco-resort’s long-festering problems.

A case in point is Caneel Bay. More than half a century into its ... He not only purchased that land—when the total population of St. John was a mere 400 people and 85 percent of the island ...

On St. John, the smallest and wildest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, “Coral Bay is the place you go,” one resident said, “when you want to go to the end of the road.”Credit... Supported by By ...