BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Chincoteague Natl Wildlife Refuge

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1. CHIN_031019_003.JPG: I was afraid this would be my only time to see the wild horses but, fortunately, they ended up a little closer than this. Unlike at Assateague, the horses at Chincoteague are penned up so they never wander into your area.
2. CHIN_031019_115.JPG: Yep. This was as close as you can get to them at Chincoteague.
3. CHIN_031019_124.JPG: The Assateague Light House. It was rebuilt in 1866-67.
4. CHIN_031019_155.JPG: The "wildlife loop" was a wonderful place for bird watching. I got there late in the day so most of the colors are rather washed out. Sorry about that.
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6. CHIN_031019_398.JPG: Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge @ Dusk
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Wikipedia Description: Chincoteague, Virginia
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Chincoteague is a town of under 5000 people on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The town is perhaps best known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually on the island of Chincoteague but on nearby Assateague Island. These ponies and the annual Pony Penning Day are the subject of Marguerite Henry's 1947 children's book Misty of Chincoteague. This was made into the 1961 family film Misty, which was filmed on location.

Geography:

Chincoteague is located at [show location on an interactive map] 37�56'5?N, 75�22'4?W (37.934673, -75.367805). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 37.1 square miles (96.0 km�), of which, 9.6 square miles (24.9 km�) of it is land and 27.4 square miles (71.1 km�) of it (74.02%) is water.

History:

A picturesque legend has it that the feral ponies on Assateague are descendants of survivors of a Spanish galleon that sank on its way to Mexico during a storm off the coast of the island, but the likelihood is that they are actually descended from domesticated stock, brought to the island by Eastern Shore farmers in the 17th century to avoid fencing requirements.

In the Pony Penning, which has been held annually since 1925, horses swim across the shallow water between the islands. If any animal is too small or weak to make the swim, they are placed on a barge and ferried over. All the horses are herded into large pens after running through the middle of town and down Main Street. The Pony Penning takes place on the last consecutive Wednesday & Thursday in July. The actual swim occurs on Wednesday, the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department auctions that year's foals on Thursday, and on Friday the remaining ponies swim back to Assateague.

In 1962, a major nor'easter winter storm, the Ash Wednesday Storm, struck the coast. The town was completely underwater, and went for days without ...More...
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