Frederiksted

Frederiksted, town on the west coast of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Christiansted. Historically, the town was a mercantile centre for the sugar-based economy of St. Croix because of its deep-sea port and warehouse facilities. Innovations in cargo handling, the termination of the sugar industry, and the improvement of facilities at Christiansted in the 1960s and ’70s led to the town’s economic decline. Since the deepwater roadstead harbour was...