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  York River (Virginia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its watershed drains an area of the coastal plain of Virginia north and east of Richmond.
The York River was formerly known as the Pamaunk River by the Native Americans, and was originally named Charles River by the colonists of the Virginia Company in the 17th century.
York River State Park is located along the southern shore northwest of Yorktown.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/York_River_(Virginia)   (325 words)

  
 Virginia Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads, and Chesapeake Bay.
Virginia's first capital was in Williamsburg; much of the historic district of that city has been restored.
Generally surrounded by water, the Virginia Peninsula The region is linked to other areas across the surrounding water barriers of the James and York Rivers, and the harbor of Hampton Roads by 2 bridge-tunnels, 2 large drawbridges, and a state-operated ferry system.
www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Virginia_Peninsula   (835 words)

  
 York River State Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
The main focus of the park is to preserve a portion of York River frontage and its related marshes while providing an area for passive day-use recreation for visitors.
York River State Park served as a role model for all of Virginia’s state parks in developing resource management plans.
York River State Park takes its name from the river along its border, which is formed from the joining of the Pamunkey and Mattaponi rivers at West Point, 10 miles upriver from the park.
www.dcr.state.va.us /parks/yorkrive.htm   (1989 words)

  
 " Lewis and Clark Expedition was High Point for Clark's Slave "
York’s existence at other times was marred by beatings and a master who refused to let the slave live with his wife.
York’s standing with the explorers was evident in the fact that geographic features along the journey were named after him just like any other member of the expedition, Morgan said.
York is said to have died in Tennessee from cholera.
www.montana.edu /wwwpb/univ/york.html   (939 words)

  
 Looking Inside Virginia - York River State Park & Sandy Bottom Nature Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
The York River, the Taskinas Creek and the marshlands surrounding the area of the park have all been designated as a research reserve to protect and preserve the area for natural resources and visitor enjoyment.
At York River State Park, visitors can enjoy the trails going through the forest out to the marsh areas, recreational activities such as canoeing and bike riding, as well as observation of the wild life that can be seen in its natural environment.
York River State Park was once the site of public tobacco warehouse where planters would store their goods that would be eventually shipped to England.
members.aol.com /moonchkn/day7.html   (572 words)

  
 York River, Yorktown, Virginia.
Yorktown, Virginia located at the mouth of the York River is where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington, thus ending the Revolutionary War.
The Powhatan Indians occupied the river basin until driven away by European settlers in the fifteenth century.
A quiet cove on the York River is nestled at the base of a hill on which the Yorktown Victory Monument proudly stands.
www.virginiagarden.com /YorkRivr.html   (91 words)

  
 Virginia Garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Virginia Garden, a work in progress, is located in the southeast corner of Virginia just within zone 8 of the USDA Plant Hardiness Chart.
In Yorktown, Virginia the approximate minimal average temperature ranges from 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit.
Although the weather in the Virginia Garden is temperate, its daily visits by a deer family are not.
www.virginiagarden.com   (103 words)

  
 Chesapeake Bay Journal: Pluck a pawpaw, plunge into a bottomless pit - October 1997
The Pamunkey and its sister river, the Mattaponi, join at West Point to form the York River, which eventually flows into the Chesapeake Bay, between the Rappahannock to the north and the James River to the south.
The South Anna is one 27 sub-watersheds in the larger York River basin.
According to the York River Watershed Council, the population of the York River basin is projected to grow 78 percent over the next 40 years.
www.bayjournal.com /article.cfm?article=2165   (1359 words)

  
 The Location of York County Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
York County stretches 27 miles from Williamsburg to Hampton and covers 108 square miles.
Located in the heart of the Virginia Peninsula, York County is one of the fastest growing areas in Virginia.
Two thirds of the nation's population and three quarters of the nation's manufacturing activities are within 500 miles of York County.
www.yorkdevelopment.com /reg_assets/location.asp   (124 words)

  
 Guide Introduction: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations–Series J:
Robert Lewis Dabney (1820-1898) was a Presbyterian clergyman and teacher and was associated with Hampden-Sydney College and with the Union Seminary of Virginia at Farmville, Virginia, from 1836 to 1837, 1844, and from 1853 to 1883.
Papers for 1848 are mostly of Robert Lewis Dabney at Barter Brook, Augusta County, Virginia, Charles William Dabney, and Mildred (Dabney) Lewis of Louisa County, Virginia.
The Burwell family was prominent in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and Vance, Warren, and Granville counties, North Carolina, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
www.lexisnexis.com /academic/guides/southern_hist/plantations/plantj9.asp   (18531 words)

  
 The Real 'Thomas Wingfield of York River' Dilemma
Subsequent genealogists have elaborated upon this picture by further identifying Thomas Wingfield of York River with the Thomas Wingfield for whose transportation (along with 7 others) Joseph Style received a grant of land on the Mattapony River in October 1680.
In 1680, Joseph Style received a patent for 430 acres of land in New Kent County, in the colony of Virginia, on the north side of the Mattapony River, a branch of York River.
In the first round of testing, a documented descendant of Sir John Wingfield (d.1631), the father of John the York herald, was compared with one descendant each of Thomas and John Wingfield of Hanover County at 12 loci on the Y-chromosome.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /~young/genealogy/Thomas.wingfield.html   (3607 words)

  
 Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society - Our Lighthouse Heritage - York Spit Lighthouse
York Spit Lighthouse was built in 1870 in the Chesapeake Bay about 5 miles east of Rue Point at the southern entrance to the York River, Virginia.
It was a hexagonal screwpile lighthouse with two additional fender piles, one on each of the ebb and flow sides of the structure for additional stability against ice flows.
In 1903, 1,150 tons of riprap stone were placed around the piles to protect the foundation from erosion, and in June 1,200 additional tons were placed around the lighthouse.
www.cheslights.org /heritage/yorkspit.htm   (224 words)

  
 York River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The York River in Virginia in the United States.
The York River in Maine in the United States
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/York_River   (83 words)

  
 (old) Stephen Gill
Stephen Gill was a "justice" of York in 1652, and in 1652 a "Commissioner for County Court." 1652 July 3, George Gill, Wm.
York Co., VA, attorney, lived on land adjacent to John Utie, New Kent Co., and therefore immediately adjacent to old Stephen Gill.
Today the Pamunkeys have a reservation of 1200 acres on a semi-island in the Pamunkey River, and the Mattaponis have reservation of 120 acres north of the Pamunkeys on the Mattaponi River.
sciway3.net /clark/gill/stephen.htm   (1027 words)

  
 Welcome to Northern Virginia Conservation Trust: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Nitrogen, the primary nutrient culprit fueling algae growth in the Bay, blocks sunlight and stunts the growth of subsurface grasses.
High levels of nutrients are being blamed for an unusual 100-milelong "dead zone" of oxygen-poor water in the Chesapeake this summer from Annapolis, MD, to the York River in Virginia.
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia agreed three years ago to meet specific cleanup goals for the Chesapeake.
www.cap-e.com /news/newsdetail.cfm?NewsID=25732   (493 words)

  
 Wildernet - York River State Park
York River is a very well manicured park with new playground and picnic facilities.
Healthy butterfly gardens grace the entrance to a very educational visitor center where the Chesapeake Bay estuary system, fossil samples and an archaeological and geological history of the area are featured.
The York River was a very important waterway of commerce for centuries.
www.wildernet.com /pages/statepark.cfm?areaID=YORKRIVERVASP   (619 words)

  
 Ancestry.co.uk - DNA Study Proves Descent from Thomas Wingfield of York River, Virginia
However, records in later years indicated that three Wingfield men, Thomas, John and Robert, all came from the same area of Virginia and were of the appropriate ages to have been baptized in the years of the missing records, 1691 through 1702.
Middleton Barnett Wingfield of Tennessee, a documented descendent of Thomas Wingfield II, suspected to be the son of Thomas of York River.
He is, however, descended from Sir John Wingfield of Tickencote (died 1631) in England, the grandfather of the study’s primary subject: Thomas Wingfield of York River.
www.ancestry.co.uk /learn/library/article.aspx?article=5159   (593 words)

  
 Site of 17th-century Indian chief Powhatan's principal village
The Werowocomoco Research Group, a newly-formed team composed of researchers from the College of William and Mary and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in addition to Gloucester-based archaeologists and a representative of the Virginia Indian community, will be advising landowners Bob and Lynn Ripley on the investigation of the site.
During the February 15th meeting, which was attended by the Virginia Council on Indians and representatives from the Pamunkey, Upper Mattaponi, Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Nansemond, Rappahannock, and Monacan tribes, it was suggested that the Virginia Indian community form an advisory board to help guide research efforts.
Reeva Tilley, Chair of the Virginia Council on Indians and a member of the Rappahannock Tribe, stated "As you walk the land of this site, there is a wonderful sense of power and greatness amidst the pristine beauty of the York River.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2003-05/cowa-so1050603.php   (683 words)

  
 York Hall, Yorktown, Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
"York Hall", Yorktown, Virginia, was an estate created in 1914 from three eighteenth century homes and three new dependencies by Captain George Preston Blow, USN, a eighth generation Virginian.
It was his home until his death in 1922 and remained in his family for four generations until sold to the United States Park Service in 1969.
In 2003 the York County Board of Supervisors adopted the abandoned name "York Hall" from the old estate and used it for the 1955 courthouse.
home.earthlink.net /~blowstandard/york_hall.htm   (239 words)

  
 Old Maps of Virginia by Grace Galleries Inc
Shows connecting roads both from Williamsburg and to Hampton and depicts Gloucester on the opposite side of the York River and includes a decorative compass rose with fleur de lys.
JOHNSON “Johnson's Map of the Vicinity of Richmond and Peninsular Campaign in Virginia showing the interesting localities along the James, Chickahominy and York Rivers compiled from the Official Maps of the War Dept. ” NY.
The James River is shown flowing from Richmond to Cobham Bay, Burrell's Bay, Smithfield, Isle of Wight and Nansemond River before exiting at Hampton Roads.
www.gracegalleries.com /Virginia_Listings.htm   (735 words)

  
 York River State Park - Virginia State Park - - nearby GRAFTON, HAYES, NEWPORT NEWS, WILLIAMSBURG
Porches On The James - Porches On The James is a modern home on a bluff above the historic James River beyond Smithfield, VA. Resembling an old river home, it was built as a bed and breakfast and a comfortable modern home.
York River State Park - General Info Location Overnight Facilities Size Parking/Admission Park Map Fishing/Boating Swimming Concessions Laundry Restaurant Interpretive Programs Accessibility Hunting Horses Trails...
Southwest Virginia Museum DCR199-053.PDF - SP York River State Park Application for Amphitheater Reservation DCR199-054.PDF - SP York River State Park Parental Consent and Liability Form DCR199-055.
www.stateparks.com /york_river.html   (1202 words)

  
 York River State Park: Virginia Is For Lovers
York River State Park: Virginia Is For Lovers
This park is known for is rare and delicate estuarine environment, where fresh water and saltwater meet to create a habitat rich in marine and plant life.Taskinas Creek and the surrounding marsh are designated as a Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Activities and the visitor center focus on the history, use and preservation of the York River and its marshes.
www.virginia.org /site/description.asp?AttrID=14513&MGrp=1&MCat=10   (116 words)

  
 First Families of VA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
One of the oldest families in England, the Wingfields are also one of the most deeply rooted in Virginia.
The families presence in the "Old Dominion" (and America for that matter) began in 1607 with the arrival of Captain Edward-Maria Wingfield and 105 other colonists at Jamestown.
His role is often overlooked but he is considered by some to be "Virginia's true founder." Most Wingfields in America today claim direct descent from Thomas Wingfield (fl.
www.landtrustva.org /FirstFamVA_Wingfield.htm   (175 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Planting oysters grown on floats at York River State Park, June 2000.
An aerial view of the Fish River emptying into Weeks Bay which in turn opens to Mobile Bay.
The mouth of the Fish River looking south towards Weeks Bay in background.
www.photolib.noaa.gov /nerr/esind4.htm   (280 words)

  
 Looking Inside Virginia - York River State Park & Sandy Bottom Nature Park
After leaving York River State Park, the class headed towards Hampton, Virginia to Sandy Bottom Nature Park.
Sandy Bottom Nature Park is an environmental education and wildlife management facility with an extensive visitor's center full of information and displays and a rehabilitation center for injured and orphaned animals.
York River State Park and Sandy Bottom Nature Park Visited July 14, 1999
members.aol.com /moonchkn/day7-2.html   (328 words)

  
 Peace Frogs Spring Soccer Invitational - Lodging   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Located on the north side of the York River, Gloucester, Virginia was the Indian stronghold of Chief Powhatan in 1607,.
Gloucester, Virginia is also notably the Birthplace of Walter Reed (1851-1902), later became a doctor and while a member of the Army Medical Corp conquered yellow fever.
Yorktown, Virginia a tiny village on the York River, is important to American History as the site, where on October 17, 1781, Lord Cornwallis’s huge army surrendered to the American and French troops, ending the American Revolution.
springsoccerfestival.com /lodging.htm   (221 words)

  
 New River Valley Historical Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Welcome the New River Group's historical resources page for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia.
Virginia's Vote (by County) on the Secession Ordinance
Virginia men killed in action or missing in action during the Korean Conflict
www.ls.net /~newriver/nrv.htm   (653 words)

  
 John Hoenig's webpage
A study of the river origin of American shad captured in the Atlantic Ocean intercept fishery in Virginia.
Estimating population parameters of American shad in the York River, Virginia.
A novel approach to estimate total abundance and in-river exploitation rate of American shad: a pilot study in the York River, Virginia.
www.fisheries.vims.edu /hoenig/professor.html   (3101 words)

  
 Welcome to Historic Yorktown, Virginia
Immerse yourself in 300 years of history and enjoy lodging in a hotel or bed and breakfast nestled among the village streets and paths or overlooking the York River.
Stroll along the scenic riverwalk and relax on the sandy beach at river’s edge.
To add to the charm, enjoy a narrated river cruise during the day and when the sun goes down, don’t miss the candlelight walking tour - complete with tales of ghosts said to haunt the village.
www.yorkcounty.gov /tourism   (176 words)

  
 THE USE OF A PLANKTON ECOSYSTEM MODEL FOR THE STUDY OF SIZE-STRUCTURED PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS IN THE YORK RIVER ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
A plankton ecosystem model was developed to investigate mechanisms controlling size-structured phytoplankton dynamics in the mesohaline zone of the York River estuary, Virginia.
The model included 12 state variables in a unit volume (cubic m) describing the distribution of carbon and nutrients in the surface mixed layer.
Model results supported the general view that phytoplankton dynamics are controlled by abiotic mechanisms (i.e.
aslo.org /santafe99/abstracts/CS62TH1130S.html   (257 words)

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