Catalina Island is owned by the Santa Catalina Island Company, which is a family-owned business. Founded in 1891 by Philip A. Wrigley of the famous chewing gum company, the Santa Catalina Island Company owns and operates many businesses on the…
Kings Island is owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, a publicly traded partnership headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio. The park first opened in 1972 and was originally owned by the Taft Broadcasting Company. In 2006, Cedar Fair purchased Kings Island from…
Glass Onion Island is owned by the Caribbean Glass Onion Company, a private business based in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The island was purchased from its previous owners in 2011 and has been developed into an exclusive resort destination…
White Island, also known as Whakaari, is an active volcanic island located off the coast of New Zealand. It is a privately owned island and falls under private property laws in New Zealand. The Crown owns the land on White…
St Lawrence Island is a part of the United States and is owned by the federal government. The island is located in Alaska’s Bering Sea, off the coast of Chukotka in Russia. It has an area of approximately 1,034 square…
The Bahamas is an archipelagic nation located in the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of over 700 islands, cays and islets. The country has been an independent sovereign state since 1973 and has a parliamentary democracy with Queen Elizabeth II as…
Goose Island is an American brewing company founded in 1988 by John Hall. It is located in Chicago, Illinois and produces a variety of craft beers. In 2011, the company was purchased by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the world’s largest…
Adak Island is located in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The island is owned by the U.S. Government and administered as part of the Aleutian Islands Unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, a unit of the U.S. Fish and…
Three Mile Island, located in Pennsylvania, is owned by Exelon Corporation. The island has been home to a nuclear power plant since 1974 and is the site of the infamous partial meltdown that occurred on March 28th of that year.…
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory, which means that it is owned by the United Kingdom. The UK has had control of Bermuda since 1684 when an English ship landed on its shores and claimed it for Britain. To this…
The Caribbean Islands are generally owned by a combination of governments, private citizens, and businesses. The major countries that own Caribbean islands include the United States, Britain, France, Netherlands, Spain and Denmark. Each country has its own rules and regulations…
Rock Island Armory (RIA) is a brand owned by Armscor, an international firearms manufacturing company based in the Philippines. Founded in 1905, Armscor produces a variety of firearms including handguns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition. RIA was founded in 1985 as…
The San Juan Islands are located in the Salish Sea between Washington State and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The islands are part of both the United States (Washington) and Canada. In terms of ownership, it is a shared agreement between…
The Vanderbilt Mansion is located in Hyde Park, New York. It was built by Frederick William Vanderbilt in 1895 and is currently owned by the National Park Service (NPS). The NPS acquired the property in 1940 through a donation from…
The island of St Lucia is an independent nation within the Commonwealth and is owned by its citizens. The state of St Lucia has been a sovereign, democratic nation since it gained independence from Great Britain in 1979. It is…