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Monkey Island got its name from the Pamunkey Indians, the original inhabitants on this remote island in the Currituck Sound. There were other hunting clubs on the island back to 1869. In 1919, the State of Virginia issued a charter to Monkey Island Gunning Club, on the 1,000 acre island. The name changed one month later to Monkey Island Club. The Penn family owned the Monkey Island Club until 1974 when it was sold to the Monkey Island Investment Venture Corporation for three million dollars. The Penn family bought it back in 1978 and sold it to the Nature Conservatory. The Nature Conservatory donated the property to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Monkey Island is now a part of Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.