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Port Royal is an incorporated town in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.The population was 126 at the 2010 census. [5]Port Royal was established in the mid-17th century in the Colony of Virginia primarily as a port at the head of the navigable reach of the Rappahannock River for export of tobacco, Virginia's cash crop.
Port Royal is one of the area's more historic towns. It was first established in 1652 as a port on a navigable portion of the Rappahannock River during an era when waterways were the major method of transportation of people and property in the British Colony of Virginia. It was an important point for export of tobacco, Virginia's cash crop.
Port-Royal National Historic Site is a National Historic Site [1] [2] located on the north bank of the Annapolis Basin in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, Canada.The site is the location of the Habitation at Port-Royal, [3] which was the centre of activity for the New France colony of Port Royal in Acadia from 1605 to 1613, when it was destroyed by English forces from the Colony of Virginia.
Alvin Ord’s in Port Royal is a true original Marie and Tom Lewis launched the shop 40 years ago on West Street in Beaufort before outgrowing that location and moving to Port Royal 36 years ago.
Horne's restaurant in Port Royal, VA. By the late 1970s, highway travel became less profitable for the chain and it began to lose business. [23] On April 29, 1980, Key Energy Enterprises acquired six Horne's locations in Florida. [24] In 1981, the Atlantic National Bank took over "Horne's International Inc.", ending the Horne's chain. [25]
The cafe at 115 Paris Avenue oozes Port Royal. Inside, a depiction of the Town’s landmark viewing tower, which offers views of Battery Creek, Parris Island and the region, covers the length of ...
Magasin royal (French for 'royal store') was the generic name given to a trading post under the purview of the King of France. The name also applied specifically to two trading posts that were built during the 18th century for French fur trading near the Humber River in the Pays d'en Haut region of New France, in present-day Toronto, Ontario ...
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