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Often referred to by locals as "Quonnie Pond", or "Quonnie", [1] the lagoon is bounded on the south by coastal beaches, with a narrow breach way, created by the Army Corps of Engineers in the 1950s, providing access to Block Island Sound, and the Atlantic Ocean. The westernmost side of Quonnie is the site of the Weekapaug Inn, whose restaurants ...
The Tidewater Research Station, which was established in 1943 in Washington County, was made to serve a large area of North Carolina lying between the coastal plain region and North Carolina's coast. It replaced the Blackland Test Farm near Wenona, which was established in 1912. Agriculture in the Tidewater region has expanded rapidly during ...
The Native leader who gave Ninigret Pond its name. The pond is named for Ninigret, (1600-1676), who was a sachem of the Niantic and Narragansett tribes. The Indigenous people once fished, hunted ...
Tide range is the vertical distance between the highest high tide and lowest low tide. The size of the lunar tide compared to the solar tide (which comes once every 12 hours) is generally about 2 to 1, but the actual proportion along any particular shore depends on the location, orientation, and shape of the local bay or estuary.
Col. Benjamin H. Vandervoort, WWII hero, died in his home on Hilton Head in 1990 at the age of 75 [111] Kathryn R. Wall: author of mystery novels [112] Lois Rhame West, First Lady of South Carolina (1971–1975), first woman to chair the Muscular Dystrophy Association [113] Jayson Williams: former NBA basketball player, owns a home on Hilton ...
The bridges to Hilton Head Island rarely close for hazardous weather, but town officials and the South Carolina Department of Transportation are monitoring Hurricane Helene and potential dangers ...
Organization dedicates its efforts to attempt to stop a second campground from opening on Sand Pond in Sanford. Saving 'Maine way of life': Why a group is fighting plans for new glamping ...
Quonochontaug (/ ˈ k w ɑː n ə k ɒ n t ɒ ɡ / KWAH-nə-kon-tog, also known as Quonnie [2]) is a village in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. [1] It is composed of three small beach communities, and is part of Charlestown .