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Little Hunting Creek is a 〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed August 15, 2011〕 primarily tidal tributary of the Potomac River located in Fairfax County, Virginia, not to be confused with Hunting Creek farther north. A stone-arch bridge, completed in 1931,〔 〕 carries traffic from the George Washington Memorial Parkway across the narrow mouth of the creek, located upriver from the mouth of the Potomac.〔 〕 The creek marks the location along the Potomac River where the Washington family built their Mount Vernon plantation during colonial times.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Mount Vernon's Beginnings (published in 1925 ) )〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 History of Mount Vernon )〕 The creek is bordered by residential communities in addition to the Mount Vernon property. It is a popular location for recreational fishing, and much of the wildlife characteristic of the tidal Potomac wetlands can be spotted there. ==History== During the time of John Smith's explorations of Virginia in the early 17th century, Little Hunting Creek was the site of a settlement of Indians from the Doeg (Dogue) tribe.〔 〕 By the latter part of that century, the land by Little Hunting Creek had come into the hands of John Washington, great-grandfather of George Washington.〔 What was originally known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation eventually became known as George Washington's Mount Vernon estate.〔 The creek separated the Mansion House Farm to the west from the River Farm to the east.〔 In 1765, when Fairfax Parish was carved out of the existing Truro Parish, Little Hunting Creek marked the southeastern end of the dividing line.〔 〕〔 〕 In 1929, a bridge was designed as a part of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, and completed in 1931. The bridge was not part of the original plans for the highway – other creeks were successfully filled in with soil to cut costs; but the Little Hunting could not be filled in, because the soil in the creek bed was very unstable.〔 By the 1960s residential communities began to spring up on both sides of the creek.〔 〕〔 〕 The remnants of a sewage treatment plant are situated on the eastern shore of the creek downstream of the North Branch fork. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Hunting Creek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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