Hog Island (Virginia)

Hog Island (Virginia)

Hog Island, Virginia is a barrier island located in Northampton County, Virginia that is a part of the Virginia Coast Reserve of The Nature Conservancy. Starting in the mid-1800s the town of Broadwater, Virginia was located on the southern end of the island, but had to be abandoned in the 1930s when rapid beach erosion made its continued existence untenable. However, many of the houses and other buildings were floated by barge to the mainland and can be found in Willis Wharf, Virginia and Oyster, Virginia. Since 1987 it has served as a major ecological research location for the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER project [http://vcr.lternet.edu] .

Hog Island is one of three primary ecological research stations used by faculty and students at the University of Virginia.

ee also

* Hog Island sheep

References

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*cite book |last=Badger |first=Curtis |authorlink= |coauthors=Ricky Kellam |title=The Barrier Islands: A Photographic History of Life on Hog, Cobb, Smith, Cedar, Parramore, Metompkin and Assateague |year=1989 |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsville, PA |isbn=0-8117-0213-8


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