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Middle Peninsula
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The Middle Peninsula is, as its name implies, the middle of three peninsulas on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. This peninsula is bounded by the Rappahannock River on the north and the York River on the south. It encompasses six Virginia counties: Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex, known for their quiet rural life, vegetable truck farming, and fishing. Before modern highways, many passenger and freight steamboat routes linked the entire Chesapeake Bay region. West Point has a pulp and paper mill; Deltaville has the potential to become a resort town. There are two tiny reservations, home to the Pamunkey and Mattaponi indian tribes.
The two southernmost counties, Gloucester and Mathews, are now part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. Gloucester County is connected to the Virginia Peninsula by the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge over the York River.
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