1837 Upper Piping Tree Rerouted
Piping
Tree Creek ran from Pampatike House to the
Pamunkey River
Pampatike
House
A
canal was dug that channels Pampatike
creek along the causeway
of the Island Field to Pampatike
creek. This was to reduce water
going into the Piping Tree watershed
because the canal must have
been blowing out in the freshets