The Chincoteague Center

<body stylesrc="center.html" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000080" link="#000080" vlink="#000080" alink="#000080">  <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><p align="right"><a href="credits.html"> <img src="logo.jpg" alt="Chincoteague Center Logo" border="0" width="223" height="160"></a></td> <td><img src="cent-tx3.gif" alt="The Chincoteague Center - Text" width="340" height="118"></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="600"> <tr> <td><img src="bldg1.jpg" alt="Chincoteague Center Photo" align="right" width="305" height="209"><p> <img src="l.gif" align="left" hspace="0" width="21" height="40"><font face="Arial" size="2">ocated on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, the Chincoteague Center is the ideal choice for your convention, meeting, or special event.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Only minutes away from Assateague Island where the famed Chincoteague ponies roam among deer, egrets, geese, and a great variety of other wildlife, the Chincoteague Center is a fully equipped, flexible facility adaptable not only for conventions, but also for theatrical productions, concerts, trade shows, and more.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><img src="i.gif" align="left" hspace="0" width="15" height="40">n your free time, enjoy the amenities of Chincoteague and Assateague - miles of natural ocean beach, trails for biking or hiking, boat tours and fishing, museums, the 1861 lighthouse, fine seafood, and wildlife art from some of the East Coast's best craftsmen and artists.</font></td> </tr> </table> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600"> <tr> <td><hr color="#000080" size="1"> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">From <a href="credits.html">Once Upon an Island: The History of Chincoteague</a><br> by Kirk Mariner (Miona Publications, 1996)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><img src="j.gif" align="left" hspace="0" width="26" height="40">ust off the Atlantic coast of the Delmarva Peninsula, in the extreme northeastern corner of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, lies the largest inhabited island in the state, Chincoteague Island . . . . <br> "Isn't that where the ponies are?"<br> Yes. But Chincoteague is much more than ponies. Chincoteague has been continuously settled for more than three centuries, and for at least a third of that time has enjoyed a considerable renown as a vacation spot and for its seafood. Its year-round population is approximately 4,500, but there are seasons when the island contains as many as 50,000 visitors. It is rich in heritage and tradition, has places of great natural beauty, and is surrounded by waters which have provided livelihood to its residents and recreation to its visitors. It is today a fascinating blend of the up-to-date and the traditional, the quaint and the garish, the picturesque and the prosaic, and its story is one of people as well as ponies, landlubbers as well as seafarers, farmers as well as fishermen . . . .</font><hr color="#000080" size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Once You slept on an Island</b><br> If once you have slept on an island<br> you'll never be quite the same<br> you may look as you looked the day before<br> and go by the same old name<br> you may bustle about in street and shop<br> you may sit at home and sew<br> but you'll see blue water and wheeling gulls<br> wherever your feet may go<br> you may chat with the neighbors of this and that<br> and close to your fire keep<br> but you'll hear ship whistle and lighthouse bell<br> and tides beat through your sleep<br> oh you won't know why, and you can't say how<br> such a change upon you came<br> but - once you have slept on an island<br> you'll never be quite the same!</font></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p align="center"><map name="FPMap0_I1"> <area href="guest.html" shape="rect" coords="132, 6, 249, 94"> <area href="info.html" shape="rect" coords="4, 6, 129, 94"></map> <img src="form-i-g.jpg" alt="Inquiry & Guest Book Links" border="0" usemap="#FPMap0_I1" width="254" height="100"></p> <p align="center"><font size="4"><strong>The Chincoteague Center<br> 6155 Community Drive<br> Chincoteague Island, Virginia 23336</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Telephone: (757) 336-0614<br> Fax: (757) 336-0615<br> Internet e-mail: <a href="mailto:PremierSpace@chincoteaguecenter.org"> PremierSpace@chincoteaguecenter.org</a> </font></strong></p> <p align="center"> </p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><a href="floor.html"><img src="b-floor.gif" border="0" width="98" height="98"></a></td> <td><a href="meet.html"><img src="b-meet.gif" border="0" width="98" height="98"></a></td> <td><a href="service.html"><img src="b-serv.gif" border="0" width="98" height="98"></a></td> <td><a href="booking.html"><img src="b-book.gif" border="0" width="98" height="98"></a></td> <td><a href="events.html"><img src="b-event.gif" border="0" width="98" height="98"></a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p align="center"><a href="links.html"><img src="b-links.gif" border="0" width="366" height="53"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong><a href="floor.html">Floor Plan</a> / <a href="meet.html">Meetings</a> / <a href="service.html">Services</a> / <a href="booking.html">Booking</a> / <a href="events.html">Events</a> <br> <a href="links.html">Chincoteague Links</a> / <a href="credits.html">Credits</a></strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Copyright © 1997 - 2004 The Chincoteague Center<br> except as otherwise noted</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Web Design - <a href="http://www.assateague.com/a-com.html" target="_top">Assateague.com</a> </strong></font></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br> <br> <br> <br> </p> <p><br> <br> <br> <br> </p> <p> </p> <p><br> <br> <br> <br> </p> <p><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <img src="http://www.intercom.net/cgi-bin/nph-count?link=chinctr/index&width=5" align="middle" width="45" height="20"> </p>  </body>