Everything about Cape Henry totally explained
Cape Henry is a
cape on the
Atlantic shore of
Virginia in the
independent city of
Virginia Beach. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to
Chesapeake Bay.
Across the mouth of the bay to the north is
Cape Charles. Named for sons of
King James I of England in 1607, together Cape Henry and Cape Charles form the
Virginia Capes.
History
Cape Henry was named in 1607 in honor of
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King
James I of England, by an expedition of the
London Company branch of the proprietary
Virginia Company headed by Captain
Christopher Newport. After an unusually long voyage of 144 days from England, it was their first landfall, an event which has come to be called "The First Landing".
Captain Newport, with his three ships,
Susan Constant, the
Godspeed, and the
Discovery, and the group of 104 men and boys, subsequently explored inland and established
Jamestown which became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Current features
The
Cape Henry Memorial commemorates The First Landing of the settlers that established Jamestown. Nearby, the historic
Cape Henry Light was the first in the United States. Also of historical interest, the passenger station built in
1902 and served by the original
Norfolk Southern Railway was restored late in the 20th century and is used as an educational facility by
Fort Story, an
Army base located at Cape Henry.
First Landing State Park occupies the rest of the cape itself, as well as some of the nearby area.
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