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The Museum of Chincoteague Island, located at 7125 Maddox Boulevard, Chincoteague, Virginia, United States, celebrates the people, culture and heritage of Chincoteague Island. [ 1 ] Exhibits
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 .
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The 2007 pony swim. The history of human activity in Chincoteague, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, begins with the Native Americans.Until European explorers possessed the island in the late 17th century, the Chincoteague Indians used it as a place to gather shellfish, but are not known to have lived there; Chincoteague Island lacked suitable soil for their agriculture.
To date, the festival has raised over $170,000 given to local charity organizations in Springfield and Sangamon County. When: Noon Saturday Where: Inn at 835 Boutique Hotel, 835 S.
Norwalk Oyster Festival — an annual food and entertainment festival in Norwalk, Connecticut, since 1978. North Carolina Oyster Festival — Ocean Isle, NC; Ostraval — Williamstown, MA, The annual April 30 farewell to oysters for the summer. OysterFest — in Shelton, Washington [12] The Oyster Festival — Oyster Bay, New York ...
The bay is an important stop on the Atlantic Flyway.The E.A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area and parts of the Sinepuxent Bay Wildlife Management Area are located on the Maryland portion of the Bay, and the Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge form its eastern shore.
Chincoteague Fire Department, a historic building in Chincoteague, Virginia; Chincoteague High School, a public high school in Accomack County, Virginia; Chincoteague Island Library, an historic building in Chincoteague, Virginia; Chincoteague Pony, breed of wild pony living on Assateague Island in Maryland and Virginia