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Elk Island, located in Goochland County, Virginia near Cartersville, is an island on the James River and across from the former Elk Hill plantation at the mouth of Byrd Creek. The island, one mile by five miles, is accessed by Elk Island Road (Virginia State Route 603). In 1836, the James River and Kanawha Company evaluated the creation of a canal, an arm of which would end at the lower end of Elk Island, within the James River for transportation. The Elk Hill plantation conveyed their products to Richmond via canal boats. It is now the location of the Elk Hill Winery.

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rdfs:label	Elk Island (Goochland County, Virginia) (en)
rdfs:comment	Elk Island, located in Goochland County, Virginia near Cartersville, is an island on the James River and across from the former Elk Hill plantation at the mouth of Byrd Creek. The island, one mile by five miles, is accessed by Elk Island Road (Virginia State Route 603). In 1836, the James River and Kanawha Company evaluated the creation of a canal, an arm of which would end at the lower end of Elk Island, within the James River for transportation. The Elk Hill plantation conveyed their products to Richmond via canal boats. It is now the location of the Elk Hill Winery. (en)
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name	Elk Island (en)
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dcterms:subject	Geography of Goochland County, Virginia River islands of Virginia
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Wikipage revision ID	987298357 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Cartersville, Cumberland County, Virginia Potomac Creek, 44ST2 John Wayles Geography of Goochland County, Virginia Elk Hill (Goochland, Virginia) Thomas Jefferson Delftware 1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry American Civil War American Revolutionary War River islands of Virginia Goochland County, Virginia James River Martha Jefferson Early Woodland period Monacan Indian Nation Virginia State Route 603 Late Archaic period Lord Cornwallis
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has abstract	Elk Island, located in Goochland County, Virginia near Cartersville, is an island on the James River and across from the former Elk Hill plantation at the mouth of Byrd Creek. The island, one mile by five miles, is accessed by Elk Island Road (Virginia State Route 603). Annual flooding, and particularly a flood of 1870 that covered the entire island, laid bare evidence of Native American occupations. Three skeletons were found to have been buried at the southern end of the island. Other bones were found when plowing the land a little deeper than normal. Two archaeological sites on the island, the Wright and Little River sites, provided evidence of Late Archaic and Early Woodland period settlement through the presence of ceramic shards, including decorated Potomac Creek pottery, and other artifacts. There is also evidence that people inhabited the land during the 17th century. The artifacts included Delftware pottery, gun flints, and bottle glass. Elk Island was part of the John Wayles and Thomas Jefferson Elk Hill plantation holdings. Tobacco and corn were grown on the island. Jefferson attained the Elk Hill and Elk Island plantation through his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson. Jefferson's son-in-law, Bathurst Skelton also owned 1,000 acres on Elk Island. Both Skelton and later Thomas Jefferson used slaves to work the land. There were about 1,200 acres of fertile land on the island in 1894. In 1836, the James River and Kanawha Company evaluated the creation of a canal, an arm of which would end at the lower end of Elk Island, within the James River for transportation. The Elk Hill plantation conveyed their products to Richmond via canal boats. During the Revolutionary War, Elk Island and Elkhill were occupied by Lord Cornwallis and his men for ten days, during which time they destroyed many of the crops on the plantation and slaughtered livestock for provisions. Jefferson visited the site not long after Cornwallis left, and later recorded what he had seen in a letter to William Gordon in Paris. It is now the location of the Elk Hill Winery. (en)
country admin divisions	Goochland County, Virginia
country admin divisions title	County (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Clover Forest Elk Hill (Goochland, Virginia) Virginia State Route 603
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