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York River (Virginia) The York River is a navigable estuary, approximately 34 miles (55 km) long, [4] in eastern Virginia in the United States. It ranges in width from 1 mile (1.6 km) at its head to 2.5 miles (4.0 km) near its mouth on the west side of Chesapeake Bay. Its watershed drains an area of the coastal plain of Virginia north and east ...
York River State Park is located near the unincorporated town of Croaker in James City County, Virginia on the south bank of the York River about 10 miles downstream from West Point. The York River is formed from the confluence of the Mattaponi River and the Pamunkey River at West Point. The York River empties into the Chesapeake Bay about 30 ...
The Yorktown Wrecks is an expansive archaeologically sensitive area of Virginia 's York River, in whose waters significant naval remnants of the American Revolutionary War are located. As a result of surveys conducted in the 1970s, at least ten sunken vessels sunken or scuttled around the time of the 1781 Siege of Yorktown have been identified.
The York River is a 13-mile-long (21 km) [2] stream in southeast Maine, United States. It is tidal for over half of its length. It rises at York Pond in Eliot, and conjoined by brooks and creeks, feeds the tidal section. The York River flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at York Harbor in the town of York. The Abenaki name for the York River ...
The Stewardship Committee is supporting York Parks and Recreation’s efforts to develop a new kayak tour series and more. York River Stewardship Committee awards $42K in grants for local ...
June 12, 2024 at 8:15 AM. YORK, Maine — Maine’s earliest surviving structurally unaltered home is under the stewardship of the Old York Historical Society, thanks to a donation from the heirs ...
33,595 (2005) Toll. $2.00 (northbound only) Smart Tag / E-ZPass. Location. The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge (known locally as simply the Coleman Bridge) is a double swing bridge that spans the York River between Yorktown and Gloucester Point, in the United States state of Virginia. It connects the Peninsula and Middle Peninsula regions of ...
Camp Peary is a U.S. military reservation in York County near Williamsburg, Virginia, which hosts a covert CIA training facility known as " The Farm ". Officially referred to as an Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity (AFETA) under the authority of the Department of Defense, Camp Peary is approximately 9,000 acres.