Back River Marsh
Back River Marsh is a swamp in James City, Virginia. Back River Marsh is situated nearby to the neighborhood Powhatan Shores, as well as near the locality Jamestown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Historic Jamestown and Jamestown Tercentennial Monument.
Historic Jamestown
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Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, and operated as a partnership between Preservation Virginia and the U.S. National Park Service as part of Colonial National Historical Park.
Jamestown Tercentennial Monument
Work of art
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Jamestown Tercentennial Monument is an obelisk-shaped monument erected in Historic Jamestown in Jamestown, Virginia, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony. The monument was installed in 1907.
Jamestown Church
Building
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Jamestown Church, also known as the Jamestown Memorial Church, is a historic church building located in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia, on the site of what was once Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, and the first capital of the Colony of Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamestown and Scotland.
Jamestown
Locality
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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg.
Scotland
Village
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 203. Scotland is situated 2½ miles southwest of Back River Marsh.
Williamsburg
Photo: Humberto Moreno, CC BY 4.0.
Williamsburg is a city in southeast Virginia. Settled in 1632, it was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779 and in 1926, John D. Rockefeller Jr commissioned a restoration project to bring Williamsburg back to its former colonial glory.
Back River Marsh
- Type: Swamp
- Category: body of water
- Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.21393° or 37° 12′ 50″ northLongitude
-76.76379° or 76° 45′ 50″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
8795667P+HFGeoNames ID
4745175
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