4 thoughts on “Once Rivers Islands, Bermuda, Now A Resort Project”
I want to know more about the resort you mention. From all I could find, Rivers’ Islands, or Brothers’ Islands as shown on one old map I saw, were connected to the “mainland” to form a military/seaplane base during WWII, and then was closed and apparently abandoned. Incidentally, a “Rivers Strait” was shown on another old map between the mainland and the Brothers’ island when the water flowed through there. I have been considering a trip to Bermuda to see if I could find any more records, but saw no hotels or resorts listed in the area occupied by the former military base. Do you have any other information on this resort?
Hi, Scott. Thanks for your comment! Around three or four years ago I read about a resort being built on Morgan’s Point, in Bermuda, where the old naval base sat for many decades, built on the Great Sound, where the Rivers Family settled in the 1600s. A few years later I read that the resort was being developed as a Ritz-Carlton resort. I found this architectural firm’s site describing the development just a few minutes ago: http://www.sb-architects.com/project/morgans-point-resort/. I know that there are plenty of AirBNBs to stay at on Bermuda, but I don’t know if Morgan’s Point is available yet. You are correct about the way the penninsula was developed by connecting the Brothers Islands/Rivers Island and about the naval base. I’d love to go on a genealogy research trip there as well someday! I don’t know how much you’ll be able to find there but I hope there is lots to find. Bermuda’s role in the development of America is pretty fascinating.
The islands were given to my family in gratitude for the Rivers brothers bringing famine relief provisions from the Carolinas.
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Very interesting! I hadn’t heard that part of the story before. Do you have a good source for that story that I can look at? I’d love to read more about it.
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I want to know more about the resort you mention. From all I could find, Rivers’ Islands, or Brothers’ Islands as shown on one old map I saw, were connected to the “mainland” to form a military/seaplane base during WWII, and then was closed and apparently abandoned. Incidentally, a “Rivers Strait” was shown on another old map between the mainland and the Brothers’ island when the water flowed through there. I have been considering a trip to Bermuda to see if I could find any more records, but saw no hotels or resorts listed in the area occupied by the former military base. Do you have any other information on this resort?
Hi, Scott. Thanks for your comment! Around three or four years ago I read about a resort being built on Morgan’s Point, in Bermuda, where the old naval base sat for many decades, built on the Great Sound, where the Rivers Family settled in the 1600s. A few years later I read that the resort was being developed as a Ritz-Carlton resort. I found this architectural firm’s site describing the development just a few minutes ago: http://www.sb-architects.com/project/morgans-point-resort/. I know that there are plenty of AirBNBs to stay at on Bermuda, but I don’t know if Morgan’s Point is available yet. You are correct about the way the penninsula was developed by connecting the Brothers Islands/Rivers Island and about the naval base. I’d love to go on a genealogy research trip there as well someday! I don’t know how much you’ll be able to find there but I hope there is lots to find. Bermuda’s role in the development of America is pretty fascinating.
The islands were given to my family in gratitude for the Rivers brothers bringing famine relief provisions from the Carolinas.
Very interesting! I hadn’t heard that part of the story before. Do you have a good source for that story that I can look at? I’d love to read more about it.