Temporary Disabled. :) please Go back Nansemond River - Wikipedia www.fgks.org » Address: [go: up one dir, main page] Include Form Remove Scripts Accept Cookies Show Images Show Referer Rotate13 Base64 Strip Meta Strip Title Session Cookies Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Nansemond River Article Talk Language Watch Edit The Nansemond River is a 19.8-mile-long (31.9 km)[1] tributary of the James River in Virginia in the United States. Virginian colonists named the river for the Nansemond tribe of Native Americans, who had long inhabited the area.[2] They continue as a federally recognized tribe in Virginia. Tidal marsh on the Nansemond River The river begins at the outlet of Lake Meade north of downtown Suffolk, which had historically marked the northern boundary of the city. The Nansemond River Light once signaled the river's confluence with the James. The Nansemond River Bridge, once a toll bridge and part of U.S. Route 17, crosses the river near its mouth. Two other bridges cross the river, one from downtown Suffolk and one on Route 58. The Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge is located along the river. See also edit List of rivers of Virginia References edit ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 ^ "Suffolk". virginiaplaces.org. Charles A. Grymes. Retrieved 21 April 2016. 36°53′55.9″N 76°28′25.1″W / 36.898861°N 76.473639°W / 36.898861; -76.473639 This City of Suffolk, Virginia state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte This article related to a river in Virginia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte
The Nansemond River is a 19.8-mile-long (31.9 km)[1] tributary of the James River in Virginia in the United States. Virginian colonists named the river for the Nansemond tribe of Native Americans, who had long inhabited the area.[2] They continue as a federally recognized tribe in Virginia.
The river begins at the outlet of Lake Meade north of downtown Suffolk, which had historically marked the northern boundary of the city. The Nansemond River Light once signaled the river's confluence with the James.
The Nansemond River Bridge, once a toll bridge and part of U.S. Route 17, crosses the river near its mouth. Two other bridges cross the river, one from downtown Suffolk and one on Route 58.
The Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge is located along the river.
36°53′55.9″N 76°28′25.1″W / 36.898861°N 76.473639°W / 36.898861; -76.473639
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