Virginia island town famous for wild ponies
Chincoteague is a small island town on Virginia's Eastern Shore beside Assateague Island. Its harbor supports watermen, and the town is the gateway to the wildlife refuge.
Long an oystering and clamming community, the island became widely known through the story of its wild ponies. An annual pony swim across the channel remains a local tradition.
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