In Virginia Cape Charles & Cape Henry mark the northern & southern sides of the entrances to this bay
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Cape Charles (headland) - Wikipedia  Cape Charles is a headland, or cape, in Northampton County, Virginia. Located at the southern tip of Northampton County, it forms the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula and the northern side of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Cape Henry, which forms the southern side of the entrance to the...
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33 CFR 165.501 - Chesapeake Bay entrance and Hampton Roads ...  Jul 1, 2015 ... 165.501 Chesapeake Bay entrance and Hampton Roads, VA and adjacent ... Wise Point and Cape Charles Light, and then continuing to Cape Henry Light. ... (iv) A line drawn across Chuckatuck Creek along the northern side of the ... wide adjacent to the north side of Thimble Shoal Channel, the southern...
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Coastal Processes and Offshore Geology - Department of ...  the other running from Cape Henry, the southern side ... Delmarva with the northern spit of Cape Henry, the ... Atlantic coast of the Delmarva Peninsula, the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, and the mainland shore of ... between the Virginia Capes  Cape Charles on the ..... of any seaport entrance along the U.S. East Coast. In.
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colregs demarcation lines - U.S. Coast Guard  80.505 Cape Henlopen, DE to Cape Charles, VA. ... 80.515 Cape Henry, VA to Cape Hatteras, NC .... bays, harbors and inlets along the coast of Cape Cod and the southern coasts of ... (a) A line drawn from Shark River Inlet North Breakwater Light 2 to Shark River .... Edisto River Entrance to the shore of Botany Bay Island.
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Cape Charles Lighthouse, Virginia at Lighthousefriends.com  Cape Charles Lighthouse, Virginia Lighthouses, Photographs, pictures, ... Cape Charles defines the northern side of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay ... Three lighthouses have been built just offshore on Smith Island to mark this important cape. .... structure of iron plates, similar in design to the new Cape Henry lighthouse,...
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Victorian Weekend - CapeMayMac.org  Celebrate Cape Mays Victorian heritage during Victorian Weekend, with historic house ... October 7-10, 2016. This is the best time of year to visit Victorian Cape May and celebrate the unique ... history to murder mysteries, plus historic house tours, food and wine events and much, much more. ... It's More Fun with Friends!
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Historic Light Stations - U.S. Coast Guard  The following year, the construction of revenue cutters were authorized. ... These appear in official records or have previously been set forth by various authors .... 1791 The lighthouse on Portland Head, at the entrance to Portland Harbor, Maine, ... The Cape Henry Lighthouse was the first one built by the United States, and...
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Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Virginia  Situated on the nation's largest estuary, Virginia's Chesapeake Bay reserve ... Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the College of William and Mary ... This reserve currently does not have a formal volunteer organization. ... The Chesapeake Bay Virginia reserve reaches thousands of school children each year through...
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Island Features - Island Free Press  Mar 22, 2016 ... Nobody goes to Atlantic Beach to look for the Bogue Banks ... Paul Branch, a park ranger who is the historian at Fort Macon State Park, ... Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke Inlet, Cape Lookout and Cape Fear all ... To further assist mariners entering Beaufort Inlet, a series of buoys was strung along the channel.
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STUDY GUIDE  Virginia Studies VA Regions - SolPass  Location near Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay. (includes Eastern Shore) ... Includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other ... Chesapeake Bay, James River, York River, Potomac. River ... Many early Virginia cities developed along the Fall ..... Homes.  Places of worship (e.g., churches). Place names reflecting culture.
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Chesapeake Bay | bay, United States | Britannica.com  Largest inlet in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the eastern United States. Created by the submergence of the lower courses of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, it is 193... ... Various projects have been undertaken in an effort to reverse the ... merely the flooded lower valley of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries,...
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Potomac Rappahannock York James - VA Studies  B Chesapeake Bay E York River. C Potomac River. F James River ... James River flows into the Chesapeake Bay . Richmond and Jamestown are located along...
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Virginia State Quarter - Coin Collecting Guide For Beginners  The images depicted on the Virginia State Quarter are of the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, the three ships that brought the settlers to the new...
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Historic Triangle - Wikipedia  The Historic Triangle includes three historic colonial communities located on the Virginia Peninsula of the United States and is bounded by the York River on the north and the James River on the south. The points that form the triangle are Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and ... Some visitors from the South travel to the area across the James River by...
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Green Bay Press-Gazette from Green Bay, Wisconsin  Page 39  Ths Door Peninsula, which juts into Lake Michigan like a giant thumb, was pushed aside when the roadmakem drew a straight line from Milwaukee to Green Bay...
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IMAGES-CSS Virginia Home Page  However, many paintings and drawings of her exist. ... Prints of some of these images may be at the Naval Historical Center. ... Battle between the C.S.S. Virginia and the U.S.S. Monitor Hampton Roads, Va., ... In April, 1865, the ironclad Virginia II (actually the "II" was not part of the .... "Returning Fire" by William R. McGrath.
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Civil War to Civil Rights Trading Cards - Cape Hatteras National ...  While being towed to Charleston, South Carolina in December 1862, it swamped off Cape Hatteras. Discovered in 1973, the shipwreck site became the Monitor...
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Merrimack (U.S.S.) | National Underwater and Marine Agency  His was the last salvage attempt and many historians thought the most ... The story of the C.S.S. Virginia (former Merrimack) is probably better known ... Over this laid a horizontal and vertical layer of 2-inch iron plate (Fig. ... The primary goal of the Virginia was to wreak havoc with the wooden ships of the Union blockading...
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Intro To The Bay | Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay  The nine largest rivers flowing into the Bay and supply over 93% of its fresh water include the Susquehanna, Potomac, James, Appomattox, Pamunkey, Rappahannock, Mattaponi, Patuxent and Choptank Rivers. The Pamunkey and Mattiponi...
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Carter's Grove Plantation on the James River near Williamsburg ...  Virginia Ramble, River Virginia, Virginia Living, Virginia Homes, James River ... It is noteworthy for its secret passages, magnificent gardens, and architectural details. .... Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia it was amazing to see the British invade the town. .... Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 1613 loved visiting here. just...
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Graveyard of the Atlantic - Wikipedia  Graveyard of the Atlantic is a nickname of two locations known for numerous shipwrecks: the treacherous waters in the ... The Graveyard extends along the whole of the North Carolina coast, ... This spot is known as Cape Point, which is the stretch of beach that divides Hatteras Island's north and south facing beaches.