Island Drive
Island Drive is a small road in Jamestown, Virginia. The road, which is a part of Colonial National Historical Park, has a three-mile short route, and a five mile long route.[1] It shows the natural environment that was encountered by the original Jamestown settlers, with large oil paintings depicting activities of the early colonists, including tobacco growing, farming, pottery, and lumbering.[2]
Island drive resembles the natural landscape of the settlers who founded the landscape.[3] It transverses 1559.5 acres of marsh and woodlands.[4]
References[]
- ^ (2007). Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown: the official guide to America's historic triangle. Singapore. ISBN 978-0-87935-230-1.
- ^ Guide to Virginia. Rand McNally and Company. 1981. ISBN 9780528845406.
- ^ Bulkin, Rena (1988). Washington, D. C. and Historic Virginia on Forty Dollars a Day. Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780139444302.
- ^ Quarterly of the Central Texas Genealogical Society, Volumes 8-10. Central Texas Genealogical Society. 1965. p. 10.
Coordinates: 37°12′36″N 76°46′17″W / 37.210138°N 76.771259°W
Categories:
- Transportation in James City County, Virginia
- Protected areas of James City County, Virginia
- Roads in Virginia
- James City County, Virginia geography stubs