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Monkey Island

Island on Atlantic Ocean near Corolla Light Village Shops, NC

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Monkey Island is a remote, natural island located in Currituck Sound, North Carolina and is part of the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. Contrary to its name, there are no monkeys on Monkey Island. It is named for the Pamunkey nation that once inhabited the area, and used the island for summer hunting. The island was also once the site of the Monkey Island Hunting Club, which remains standing today. The Monkey Island Hunting Club was incorporated in 1919 by a group of tobacco executives including George Hill, president of the American Tobacco Company and its Executive Vice-president Charles Penn. It was sold in 1974 and after a series of failed businesses came into the possession of US Fish & Wildlife Service. A bell salvaged from a locomotive was used for many years to help members of…

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