The Site of the First Landing

In May 1607, English settlers reached their seating place at Jamestown Island, where their ships lay so near the shore that they were moored to trees in six fathoms of water, and on the following day they landed their men. Since 1607, the river has eroded about 25 acres of this part of Jamestown Island, and the original shoreline stood close to the present edge of the river channel, somewhat more than 100 yards offshore from the seawall.

Virginia · United States