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Gwynn's Island is an island in the Chesapeake Bay and the U.S. state of Virginia, lying off of the Middle Peninsula. A summer colony , the island is located in the northeast part of Mathews County , south of the mouth of the Piankatank River .
The AQUASCOPE is on exhibit at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Maryland. [21] Gilbert C. Klingel [22] died May 16, 1983, in Virginia at the age of 74. [23] There is a permanent exhibit about his life and work at the Gwynn's Island Museum, Gwynn, Mathews County, Virginia. [24]
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Gwyn claimed to discover Gwynn's Island in c. 1611. [6] According to legend, Gwynn saved Pocahontas from a sinking canoe near the island. [7] At a January 1624 muster, Hugh Wing was listed as aged 30 years. [2] In 1635, Gwyn petitioned King Charles I for ownership of the island and in 1640 was given 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2). [8]
Fort Cricket Hill is an historic American Revolutionary War site in Mathews County, Virginia.The site is located near the Gwynn's Island bridge, which carries Cricket Hill Road (Virginia Route 223) to the island from the mainland near the village of Cricket Hill.
Prominent among Mathews County tourism and leisure locations is Gwynn's Island, a popular spot for recreational boating and sailing. It is located where the Piankatank River feeds into the Chesapeake Bay. [24] Nearby is the offshore location of the historic New Point Comfort Light.
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