Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
First Landing State Park (formerly Seashore State Park) offers recreational opportunities at Cape Henry in then independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It 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 and areas for camping, fishing, swiming, and hiking. State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ... Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia. ... State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner (D) Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th) - Land 102,642 km² - Water 8,220 km² (7. ... Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. ... Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia. ... Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... Events January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. ... Christopher Newport (c. ... The 1606 grants by James I to the London and Plymouth companies. ... Jamestown was a village by the James River in Virginia, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) southeast of where Richmond, Virginia, is now. ...
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