Island Drive Explained

Island Drive is a small road in Jamestown, Virginia. The road, which is a part of Colonial National Historical Park, has a three-mile short route, and a five mile long route.[1] It shows the natural environment that was encountered by the original Jamestown settlers, with large oil paintings depicting activities of the early colonists, including tobacco growing, farming, pottery, and lumbering.[2]

Island drive resembles the natural landscape of the settlers who founded the landscape.[3] It transverses 1559.5 acres of marsh and woodlands.[4]

References

37.2101°N -76.7713°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation . www.blairpub.com

    . Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown: the official guide to America's historic triangle . 2007 . www.blairpub.com . Singapore . 978-0-87935-230-1 .

  2. Book: Guide to Virginia . 1981 . Rand McNally and Company . 9780528845406 .
  3. Book: Bulkin, Rena . Washington, D. C. and Historic Virginia on Forty Dollars a Day . 1988 . Prentice Hall . 9780139444302 .
  4. Book: Quarterly of the Central Texas Genealogical Society, Volumes 8-10 . 1965 . Central Texas Genealogical Society . 10.