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Chincoteague Bay (locally / ˈ ʃ ɪ ŋ k ə t iː ɡ,-t ɪ ɡ, ˌ ʃ ɪ ŋ k ə ˈ t iː ɡ /) is a lagoon between the Atlantic barrier islands of Assateague and Chincoteague and the mainland of Worcester County, Maryland and northern Accomack County, Virginia. At the bay's northern end, where it narrows between Assateague and Sinepuxent Neck ...
The town includes the whole of Chincoteague Island and an area of adjacent water. The population was 3,344 at the 2020 census. [ 5 ] The town is a tourist gateway to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on adjacent Assateague Island , [ 6 ] the location of a popular recreational beach and home of the Virginia herd of Chincoteague Ponies .
It is divided between Maryland and Virginia and is home to a feral horse population, the Chincoteague Pony. Chincoteague Island- was a barrier island until the mid-19th Century, when Assateague migrated so far south that it shielded Chincoteague from the ocean. Thus, now it is technically a backbarrier island, like Rogue and Skidmore islands ...
Chincoteague Bay, a bay on the coast of Maryland and Virginia; Chincoteague Channel, a channel in Virginia connecting Chincoteague Bay and Chincoteague Inlet; Chincoteague Inlet, an inlet on the coast of Virginia; Chincoteague, Virginia, a town in Virginia; Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, a wildlife refuge on the Virginia portion of ...
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.The island is 456 km (283 mi) in length, 100 km (62 mi) in width at its widest point, [4] and 32,100 km 2 (12,400 sq mi) in total area, while 31,285 km 2 (12,079 sq mi) are of land.
Salt Water Cowboys round up wild Chincoteague Ponies from Assateague Island and drive them across the Assateague Channel to Veteran's Memorial Park on Chincoteague Island. [2] Once on Chincoteague Island, the Salt Water Cowboys herd the ponies to pens on the Chincoteague Carnival Grounds where some of the foals are auctioned off the next day. [3]
The Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,000-acre (57 km 2) wildlife preserve operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.It is primarily located on the Virginia half of Assateague Island with portions (only about 3%) located on the Maryland side of the island, as well as Morris Island and Wildcat Marsh.
Chincoteague Channel with the swing bridge in the distance. Chincoteague Channel is a channel on the Eastern Shore of Virginia between marshlands to the northwest and Chincoteague Island to the southeast. The Chincoteague Channel connects to Chincoteague Bay to the northeast and Chincoteague Inlet to the southwest. [1