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The area known as Willoughby Spit takes its name from Thomas Willoughby, who came to Virginia in 1610 and received his first of many land grants in 1625. [2] Willoughby's son, Thomas II, was living there in the 1660s, and legend has it that his wife awoke one morning following a terrific storm (possibly the "Harry Cane" of 1667) to see a point of land in front her home, where there had been ...
The rest of the Virginia Peninsula is all part of the Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA–NC MSA (metropolitan statistical area) with a population of about 1.8 million. The Hampton Roads MSA is the common name for the metropolitan area that surrounds the body of water of the same name.
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Travel between Norfolk Island and mainland Australia became domestic travel on 1 July 2016. For the 2016 Australian federal election, 328 people on Norfolk Island voted in the ACT electorate of Canberra, out of 117,248 total votes. Since 2018, Norfolk Island is covered by the electorate of Bean.
Signature events such as Virginia Beach Funk Fest (Aug. 22-23), La Fiesta (June 27-28) and Monsters on the Beach (May 16-18) return alongside newer favorites such as Fear No Ice (Nov. 22) and ...
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The state park is near the site of the first landing on April 26, 1607 of Christopher Newport and the Virginia Company colonists before establishing themselves at Jamestown. The park includes cabins, areas for camping, fishing, and swimming, a public beach, and over 19 miles (31 km) of trails for hiking and biking. Virginia's most popular state ...
Salty Brine State Beach (contiguous to the east) Scarborough State Beach Complex - North & South; South Kingstown. East Matunuck State Beach; Deep Hole Fishing Area; Matunuck Beach; South Kingstown Town Beach (contiguous with Willow Dell Beach) Willow Dell Beach (contiguous with neighboring beaches) Roy Carpenter's Beach (contiguous with ...