Pocahontas Island

Pocahontas Island, actually a peninsula, was originally platted in 1749. Once a warehouse and wharf-filled urban landscape, it is where the first enslaved Africans were brought to work. In the 19th century, Pocahontas became a Freedom Colony, the first predominately free black settlement in Virginia and, by 1860, one of the largest in the nation.

The Appomattox River Trail runs along the island, and there is a natural canoe/kayak launch.