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Albemarle Sound

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Albemarle Sound is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke. [1]

41 relations: Albemarle Settlements, Algonquian peoples, Alosinae, Atlantic Ocean, Bodie Island, Charles II of England, Chowan River, Croatan Sound, CSS Albemarle, Currituck County, North Carolina, Currituck Sound, Dare County, North Carolina, Dugout canoe, Edenton, North Carolina, Encyclopædia Britannica, Estuary, Ferry, Fish trap, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Herring, Inner Banks, Intracoastal Waterway, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Lords Proprietor, Mackeys, North Carolina, Museum of the Albemarle, North Carolina, Outer Banks, Pamlico Sound, Province of Carolina, Roanoke Island, Roanoke River, Roanoke Sound, Sound (geography), Striped bass, Tidewater region, Tobacco, Trestle bridge, USS Albemarle (AV-5), Virginia, West Indies.

Albemarle Settlements

The Albemarle Settlements were the first permanent English settlements in what is now North Carolina, founded in the Albemarle Sound and Roanoke River regions, beginning about the middle of the 17th century.

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Algonquian peoples

The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups.

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Alosinae

The Alosinae, or the shads, ITIS are a subfamily of fishes in the herring family Clupeidae.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Bodie Island

Bodie Island (pronounced, "body" as in the human body) is a long, narrow barrier peninsula that forms the northernmost portion of the Outer Banks.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Chowan River

The Chowan River, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Croatan Sound

Croatan Sound is an inlet in Dare County, North Carolina.

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CSS Albemarle

CSS Albemarle was a steam-powered ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy (and later the second Albemarle of the United States Navy), named for a town and a sound in North Carolina.

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Currituck County, North Carolina

Currituck County, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Currituck Sound

Currituck Sound, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Dare County, North Carolina

Dare County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Dugout canoe

A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed tree trunk.

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Edenton, North Carolina

Edenton is a town on Albemarle Sound in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Ferry

A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water.

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Fish trap

A fish trap is a trap used for fishing.

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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier and politician, and a key figure in the Restoration of the monarchy to King Charles II in 1660.

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Herring

Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family Clupeidae.

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Inner Banks

The Inner Banks is a neologism made up by developers and tourism promoters to describe the inland coastal region of eastern North Carolina.

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Intracoastal Waterway

The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Boston, Massachusetts, southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas.

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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Kitty Hawk is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, and is a part of what is known as North Carolina's Outer Banks.

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Lords Proprietor

The title of Lord Proprietor was a position akin to head landlord or overseer of a territory.

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Mackeys, North Carolina

Mackeys is an unincorporated community in Washington County, North Carolina, United States.

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Museum of the Albemarle

The Museum of the Albemarle is located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Outer Banks

The Outer Banks (OBX) is a string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.

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Pamlico Sound

Pamlico Sound in North Carolina in the US is the largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, extending long and 24 to 48 km (15 to 20 miles) wide.

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Province of Carolina

The Province of Carolina was an English and later a British colony of North America.

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Roanoke Island

Roanoke Island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States.

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Roanoke River

The Roanoke River is a river in southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States, long.

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Roanoke Sound

The Roanoke Sound is a sound that separates Roanoke Island from Bodie Island of the Outer Banks.

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Sound (geography)

In geography, a sound is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight, and wider than a fjord; or a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land (see also strait).

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Striped bass

The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), also called Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock or rockfish, is an anadromous Perciforme fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America.

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Tidewater region

The Tidewater region is a geographic area of southeast Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, part of the Atlantic coastal plain in the United States of America.

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Tobacco

Tobacco is a product prepared from the leaves of the tobacco plant by curing them.

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Trestle bridge

A trestle (sometimes tressel) is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripod used both as stools and to support tables at banquets.

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USS Albemarle (AV-5)

USS Albemarle (AV-5) was one of only two ''Curtiss''-class seaplane tenders built for the United States Navy just prior to the United States' entry into World War II.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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West Indies

The West Indies or the Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albemarle_Sound

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