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23-883: Kiptopeke State Park is a state park located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula in Northampton County , near Cape Charles . From 1949, the site was owned by the Virginia Ferry Corporation and used through 1964 as the northern terminus for the Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry service which crossed the lower Chesapeake Bay from the Eastern Shore / Delmarva to Norfolk and Hampton Roads harbor on

46-418: A competitive region, but also leans Republican owing to Accomack's larger share of the population. It voted against the presidential winner in 2020 and 1992. Also, Democrats won Virginia in 2016, 2020, and 2024, but lost the Eastern Shore each time. In the 2017 gubernatorial election , it gave 50.5% of the vote to Republican Ed Gillespie and 49.0% of the vote to Democrat Ralph Northam , with Northam winning

69-497: A great number of teal and divers as the winter progresses. In the northeastern states the Saint Lawrence River , the coast of Maine , Long island harbors, Barnegat Bay , Great Egg Harbor , Little Egg Harbor , Absecon Bay, Delaware Bay , Chesapeake Bay, Virginia's Eastern Shore and Back Bays saw presidents and captains of great industry spend part of their winters at their wildfowling clubs. In South Carolina there

92-638: A historic railroad town, is home to the Cape Charles Yacht Center, a super yacht service center. The town of Wachapreague on the Atlantic coast is a popular destination for fishing and guided trips out to the wild barrier islands. Onancock , a harbor town on the Chesapeake Bay, has a ferry service to Tangier Island , off the western shore in the Chesapeake Bay, during spring, summer and fall. Some maps of Virginia do not include

115-555: Is Accomack . The terrain is overall very flat, ranging from sea level to just 50 feet (15 m) above sea level. It is characterized by sandy and deep soil. The weather in the area has temperate summers and winters, significantly affected by the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean . The rural area has long been devoted to cotton , soybean , vegetable and truck farming , and large-scale chicken farms. Since

138-737: Is a major north-south flyway for migratory birds in North America. The route generally starts in Greenland, then follows the Atlantic coast of Canada, then south down the Atlantic Coast of the United States to the tropical areas of South America and the Caribbean. Every year, migratory birds travel up and down this route following food sources, heading to breeding grounds, or traveling to overwintering sites. This route

161-526: Is available in the commercial district of the nearby town of Cape Charles. This article related to a protected area in Virginia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Northampton County, Virginia state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eastern Shore of Virginia Accomac Shire was established in the Virginia Colony by

184-590: Is part of U.S. Route 13 , spans the mouth of the Bay and connects the Eastern Shore to South Hampton Roads and the rest of Virginia. Before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel was built in 1964, the Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry provided the continuation of U.S. 13 across this stretch of water. STAR Transit provides public transit services for both Accomack and Northampton counties, serving both with fixed-route bus and paratransit operations. The area

207-590: Is served by the weekl y Eastern Shore Post and the monthly publication Eastern Shore First . The predominant radio station is WESR 103.3 FM, which operates the website ShoreDailyNews.com. The Eastern Shore is politically divided, with Accomack County generally voting for the Republican Party and Northampton County generally voting for the Democratic Party . As a whole, the Shore is generally

230-486: Is used by birds typically because no mountains block most of this path, though birds cross the Appalachian Mountains to join the flyway. Good sources of water, food, and cover exist over its entire length. The warm climates found in the southern portion of the region are home to many northern birds in winter, while in summer the region is home to many bird species from South America . Land located within

253-721: The Atlantic Flyway at the southernmost tip of the Delmarva Peninsula. There are public beaches at Cape Charles , Kiptopeke State Park , Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve , Tangier Island and the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge abutting the Assateague Island National Seashore . The area includes 70 miles of barrier islands , the longest chain of undeveloped barrier islands in

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276-545: The House of Burgesses in 1634 under the direction of King Charles I . It was one of the original eight shires of Virginia , and consisted of the whole of Virginia's Delmarva territory. The shire's name comes from the Native American word Accawmack, which means, "the other shore". In 1642, the name was changed to Northampton County . (In England, "shires" and "counties" are the same thing.) In 1663, Northampton County

299-540: The Atlantic Flyway is the most densely populated land out of the four major flyways crossing the United States. Ducks and geese are born in the tundra of Quebec , and fly south in autumn to Chesapeake Bay and Virginia 's famous Back Bay , and the James River , and then move southward through North and South Carolina , Georgia and Florida for the winter . Northeast and northwest Florida get

322-514: The Atlantic Flyway, there are many key sites that migratory birds use to gather to breed, feed, or rest for certain periods. Some species may remain in these rest stops for the entire season. Notable locations include: The other primary migration routes for North American birds include the Mississippi , Central and Pacific Flyways . There is an East Atlantic Flyway in Europe, and one in

345-548: The Eastern Shore during the late 19th and early 20th century as "a highly complex and interdependent landscape". He continues: It was a liminal place, a zone of interpenetration, where the settlement patterns, speech, demography, and political outcomes defined its place in the South but its engagement with technology and rapid transformation of the landscape betrayed other allegiances, motives, forces, and effects. The 17.6-mile-long (28.3 km) Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel , which

368-481: The Eastern Shore. Encyclopedia Virginia ' s logo began depicting the region in 2018, after the inauguration of Ralph Northam , the second Governor of Virginia from the Eastern Shore. Geographically removed from the rest of Virginia, it has had a unique history of settlement and development influenced by agriculture, fishing, tourism, and the Pennsylvania Railroad . William G. Thomas describes

391-781: The Western Shore. In 1964, the ferry service was replaced by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel which opened up giving automobile traffic convenient access to the park, the Cape, Delmarva and "The Shore" to the urban centers to the west in North Carolina , Virginia , Maryland and the District of Columbia . The state park has a number of recreational amenities, including " yurts " which are half tent, half cabin. The park also offers recreational access to

414-478: The brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay with its shoreline and beach plus piers as well as an opportunity to explore unique migratory bird habitat along the East Coast flyway. It also has 5 new sunfilled cabins that sleep up to 16 people, RV and tent camping, group camping and camping trailers. For the fisherman it also has a number of boat launching ramps and lighted fishing piers. Access to shopping for supplies

437-541: The election statewide. It is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Republican Jen Kiggans , in the Virginia Senate by Democrat Lynwood Lewis , and in the Virginia House of Delegates by Republican Robert Bloxom Jr. 37°34′52.2″N 75°47′14.9″W  /  37.581167°N 75.787472°W  / 37.581167; -75.787472 Atlantic Flyway The Atlantic Flyway

460-413: The global temperate zone and a United Nations International Biosphere Reserve. At the northern end of the Atlantic side is the beach community of Chincoteague , famous for its annual wild pony roundup , gathered from Assateague Island . Wallops Flight Facility , a NASA space launch base, is located near Chincoteague. At the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay coast, the beach community of Cape Charles ,

483-399: The late 20th century, vineyards have been developed in both counties, and the Eastern Shore has received recognition as an American Viticultural Area (AVA). The region has more than 78,000 acres of preserved parks, refuges, preserves and a national seashore and is a popular outdoor recreation destination for fishing, boating, hiking and kayaking. It is also an important birding hotspot along

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506-674: Was Georgetown's and Charleston's old rice fields , and backcountry marshes and freshwater rivers and lakes that continued to draw ducks in great numbers until the Santee National Wildlife Refuge stopped feeding the ducks in the winter months of the 1980s due to the economy and changes in National Wildlife Refuge policy across the nation. In the 1960s to the mid-1980s the upper Santee swamp's upper Lake Marion region used to winter over 150,000 mallards each and every winter's duck count. Along

529-562: Was split into two counties. The northern two thirds took the original Accomac name, while the southern third remained as Northampton. In 1670, the Virginia Colony 's Royal Governor William Berkeley abolished Accomac County, but the Virginia General Assembly re-created it in 1671. In 1940, the General Assembly officially added a "k" to the end of the county's name to arrive at its current spelling, which

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