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Cricket Hill: VA-223 MM 2.07 SB - Gwynns Island
Cricket Hill lies along Milford Haven on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula, where low wooded shores meet the tidal waters of Chesapeake Bay. The community stands beside the Gwynn’s Island Bridge, a movable road bridge carrying State Route 223 between the mainland and Gwynn’s Island. Milford Haven is a sheltered inlet on the bay’s western shore, lined with waterfront homes, docks and boating facilities. Gwynn’s Island has a notable Revolutionary War connection: in 1776, it was the site of Lord Dunmore’s final Virginia encampment before he departed the colony. This part of Mathews County is shaped by waterborne connections between scattered coastal communities.
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Cricket Hill occupies low coastal ground on Gwynn’s Island, off Virginia’s Middle Peninsula between the Piankatank River and Chesapeake Bay. This thinly settled part of Mathews County is shaped by tidal creeks, marshes and channels, with boating and fishing central to its connection with the water. Gwynn’s Island entered American Revolutionary history in 1776, when Lord Dunmore, Virginia’s last royal governor, used it as a base. The area remains firmly linked to the Chesapeake’s working-waterfront traditions rather than urban development. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of Virginia’s Middle Peninsula connects regionally.
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