Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 20, 2013
1. Virginia Institute of Marine Science Marker
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science. . Across the York River in Gloucester County is the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), one of the nations leading centers for the interdisciplinary research in coastal oceans and estuarine science. Chartered in 1940 as the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory, the organization was originally located in Yorktown. Construction of the Coleman Bridge, which opened to traffic in 1952, caused the relocation of VIMS to Gloucester Point. Its current campus includes more than 40 acres. The School of Marine Science at VIMS is a graduate school of the College of William and Mary. VIMS is mandated by the Commonwealth of Virginia to conduct research and provide sound scientific advice on the use and conservation of York River and Chesapeake Bay resources, which include blue crabs, oysters, and commercially and recreationally important fishes such as striped bass., Virginia Fisheries Lab in Yorktown Photos courtesy of VIMS.
Across the York River in Gloucester County is the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), one of the nations leading centers for the interdisciplinary research in coastal oceans and estuarine science. Chartered in 1940 as the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory, the organization was originally located in Yorktown. Construction of the Coleman Bridge, which opened to traffic in 1952, caused the relocation of VIMS to Gloucester Point. Its current campus includes more than 40 acres. The School of Marine Science at VIMS is a graduate school of the College of William and Mary. VIMS is mandated by the Commonwealth of Virginia to conduct research and provide sound scientific advice on the use and conservation of York River and Chesapeake Bay resources, which include blue crabs, oysters, and commercially and recreationally important fishes such as striped bass.
Virginia Fisheries Lab in Yorktown Photos courtesy of VIMS.
Location. 37° 14.311′ N, 76° 30.475′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It can be reached
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from the intersection of Water Street and Buckner Street, on the right when traveling west. Located along Yorktown's Riverwalk. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula, in Coastal Virginia, and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 482 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 21, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
