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Despite its proximity to Northern Virginia, the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Fringe of Megalopolis - Northern Neck, the Middle Peninsula, and the Eastern Shore - is a very different area. The Chesapeake Fringe has preserved enough of its natural environment to be able to take advantage of the "Four Fs" of farming, fishing, forestry, and fun (tourism, water recreation, and vacation homes).
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The Middle Peninsula is, as its name implies, the middle of three peninsulas on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. This peninsula is bounded by the Rappahannock River on the north and the York River on the south. It encompasses six Virginia counties: Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex, known for their quiet rural life, vegetable truck farming, and fishing. Before modern highways, many passenger and freight steamboat routes linked the entire Chesapeake Bay region. West Point has a pulp and paper mill; Deltaville has the potential to become a resort town. There are two tiny reservations, home to the Pamunkey and Mattaponi indian tribes.
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The Middle Peninsula is, as its name implies, the middle of three major peninsulas on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, between the Northern Neck and the Virginia Peninsula. This peninsula is bounded by the Rappahannock River on the north and the York River on the south. It encompasses six Virginia counties: Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex. The Middle Peninsula is known for its quiet rural life, vegetable truck farming, and fishing. Before modern highways, many passenger and freight steamboat routes linked the entire Chesapeake Bay region.
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Middlesex County is on the northeastern corner of the Middle Peninsula. The Middlesex Heritage Tour has a comprehensive booklet on the driving and walking tours of Saluda, Urbanna, and Middlesex County. The booklet describes the county’s older homes and buildings, as well as the lives of the people associated with them.
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Archaeologists will launch one of the biggest investigations of its kind in Virginia history when they begin to explore thousands of acres on the Middle Peninsula this summer. Read the March 27 story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch at
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