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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts

Aerial photo from our home page

Aerial photo located on our home page was taken in the early 20th Century.

Note how PHP is wetlands, Bayville Golf Course was farm land, beaches were wider, Lynnhaven Boat Ramp & dredge spoils site on Crab Creek didn't exist.

It was also way before the urbanization of the entire Lynnhaven Watershed which helped contribute to the demise of the famed Lynnhaven Oyster.



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Learn more about the Lynnhaven River by starting at Wikipedia.
Learn more about Lynnhaven River Now who is trying to "restore a legend".

Early 1970's, wetlands being filled in

An area near 'the flats', was clearly, originally wetlands.
Photo shows wetlands being filled in the early 1970's.


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1939 Soil Survey

The 1939 Princess Anne County Soil Survey clearly shows PHP as wetlands.



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