The Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River watershed contains both freshwater and saltwater marshlands along with a variety of plants and animals unique to the area. It’s hardwood forest provide support for vines and shade for shrubs as well as homes, food and protection for animals such as birds and squirrels.
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Trees: Live oaks, red maples, dogwood, sycamore, American elm, river birch, american holly, red bud, coniferous, loblolly pines, bald cypress, sweet gum and hickories.
Shrubs, vines and grasses including (but not limited to): poison ivy, greenbrier, Virginia creeper, elderberry, wild rose, black cherry, honeysuckle, needlerush and blue-eyed grass
Colonial port for sailing ships at Kemp’s Landing (now Kempsville).
John Ackiss was the first Virginia casualty of the American Revolution in the 1775 Skirmish of Kempsville.
Pleasant Hall, 317 S. Princess Anne Road, used as headquarters by Lord Dunmore in the early days of the Revolutionary War.
Courthouse moved to New Town on the North side of the Eastern Branch of Elizabeth River in 1758
Courthouse was located in Kemps Landing, in now Kempsville area, from 1778-1784 Carraway House-oldest surviving structure in Kempsville. 317 S Witchduck. Built 1735
Former Oyster Mecca-Oyster shells were used to form the foundation of “Shell Road” now Indian River Road in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake
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