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Dutch Gap Canal is located on the James River in Chesterfield County, Virginia just north of the lost 17th-century town of Henricus.The canal's construction was initiated by Union forces during the American Civil War to bypass a meander loop of the river around a peninsula known as Farrar's Island that was controlled by Confederate artillery.
Farrar's Island is a peninsula now on the west side of the James River in Chesterfield County, Virginia.The county operates the Dutch Gap Conservation Area and Boat Landing and as well as a living history museum, the Henricus Historical Park.
The second successful English colonial settlement in the New World, Henricus was opposite to the Native American village of Arrohateck. At the time, the First Anglo-Powhatan War was raging, and the Indian tribes of Virginia offered continuous resistance to colonial settlement, largely orchestrated by native leader Nemattanew — or as the colonists knew him, "Jack-of-the-Feather".
Charter vessel, former private yacht, WWII sub patrol. Rebuilt 2015 2 masted gaff [47] Lady Maryland: 1985 Baltimore, Maryland Educational vessel; replica of local 19th century workboats 2 masted gaff [48] [49] Lettie G. Howard: 1893 New York City National Historic Landmark former Essex fishing boat 2 masted gaff Lewis R. French: 1871 Camden, Maine
Flowerdew Hundred dates to 1618–19 with the patent of 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) on the south side of the James River in Virginia. Sir George Yeardley, the Governor and Captain General of the Virginia Colony, may have named the property after his wife, Temperance Flowerdew. Their primary residence was in Jamestown when Sir George called the first ...
This list of Virginia Blue Ridge gaps is listed starting from north to south.. Potomac Water Gap, elevation 240 feet, Harpers Ferry, on U.S. Route 340; Keyes Gap, originally Vestal's Gap, elevation 895 feet, on Virginia State Route 9 in Loudoun County
Dutch boats were ubiquitous in the North Sea, and the word dogger was given to the rich fishing grounds where they often fished, which became known as the Dogger Bank. The sea area in turn gave its name to the later design of boat that commonly fished that area, and so became associated with this specific design rather than the generic Dutch ...
Little Hunting Creek is a 3.6-mile-long (5.8 km) [1] primarily tidal tributary of the Potomac River located in Fairfax County, Virginia, not to be confused with Hunting Creek farther north. A stone-arch bridge, completed in 1931, [ 2 ] carries traffic on the George Washington Memorial Parkway across the narrow mouth of the creek, located 96.6 ...