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The river is named for the first white settler on its banks, [2] William Jackson, who received a grant of 270 acres (1.1 km 2) from King George II in 1750. [4] Jackson was possibly an acquaintance of Alexander Dunlap, the first white settler on the Calfpasture River. [5]
Back Creek is a 41.3-mile-long (66.5 km) [4] river in the United States state of Virginia. It is a tributary of the Jackson River , part of the James River watershed. See also
Dunlap Creek is a 25.9-mile-long (41.7 km) [1] tributary of the Jackson River in the U.S. state of Virginia.It is part of the James River watershed.. The creek forms at Earlehurst in Alleghany County, Virginia, by the confluence of Back Creek and Sweet Springs Creek, both of which rise to the southwest in Monroe County, West Virginia.
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Virginia is located in the independent city of Virginia Beach. Established in 1938 in an isolated portion of the former Princess Anne County, it is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The administrative office is located on Sandbridge Road at Sigma between Lago Mar and Sandbridge Beach.
The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County 348 miles (560 km) [3] to the Chesapeake Bay. [4] The river length extends to 444 miles (715 km) if the Jackson River, the longer of its two headwaters, is included. [3]
Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state-managed protected areas that exist primarily for the benefit of wildlife. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia , 46 tracts of land have been protected as WMAs, covering a total of over 216,000 acres (338 sq mi; 870 km 2 ).
Ohio River (KY, WV) Big Sandy River (KY) Levisa Fork. Russell Fork. Pound River. Cranes Nest River; McClure River; Home Creek; Slate Creek; Dismal Creek (tributary of Levisa Fork) Tug Fork. Knox Creek; Dry Fork; New River drainage basin. Kanawha River (WV) New River. Bluestone River; East River; Wolf Creek; Walker Creek. Little Walker Creek ...
Hardware River Wildlife Management Area is a 1,034-acre (4.18 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Fluvanna County, Virginia.Its namesake is the Hardware River which provides a portion of its boundary and runs through its interior; however, it is known for the access it provides to the James River.