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Only technically. If you want to say that the Delmarva is an island, then technically the entire state of Indiana is on an "island", since the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, combined with the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, made it possible to sail from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico, up the Atlantic Seaboard, and up the St. Lawrence, through the Great Lakes, until you returned to Chicago. Does that make the Eastern US an "island"? Of course not. Islands are not created when canals cross isthmi. Unschool 07:00, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. With that same logic, that would mean every country in South America and Africa are all "island nations", thanks to canals across their isthmi (the Panama and Suez Canals). That is backward logic and while it's acceptible to reference its existance, nothing more should come of it as it is still a peninsula; manmade bodies of water do not effect or change the status. EaglesFanInTampa (formerly Jimbo) 13:36, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If the name Delmarva is less than 100 years old, surely the peninsula must have been called something before that. What was it known as in the 1800s? --Reuben (talk) 05:41, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There was no collective name for the peninsula, just as there's no special name for the part of southern New Jersey that's essentially also peninsular. The parts of Maryland and Virginia on the peninsula were known as the Eastern Shores of Maryland & Virginia, and the whole east side of the Chesapeake Bay as the Eastern Shore--the rest of the peninsula was Delaware. Pilch62 (talk) 01:22, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I went through a set of historical maps, and just as you said, none of them give a name for the peninsula. It's very surprising that such a prominent geographical feature could remain nameless for so long, but I suppose it just shows that a few hundred years ago, peninsulas weren't considered objects that needed to be named. Thanks for the information. --Reuben (talk) 03:20, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]