Tangier Island Reedville, VA

In the summer of 1608 John Smith started out on an exploration trip of the Chesapeake Bay. He traveled
from Cape Charles and went up the bay to the Potomac River and went up as far as present-day Washington D.C. and back down to Jamestown. It was actually two trips for at one point he was very badly hurt by a stingray and had to return to Jamestown to be treated. It was during these two voyages, while looking for fresh water, that he came across a group of islands in the middle of the bay. He named them the “Russell Isles,” for a Doctor Russell who was on board ship with him. This group is today what is known as Smiths, Tangier and Watts Islands. The men of Tangier Island took on life on the Chesapeake Bay, but according to a Tangier Island waterman, “It is not an easy way of life. In fact, it is a true labor of love. Commercial fishing and crabbing for the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab is physical and demanding, but it is the love for the Chesapeake Bay, its wildlife, and its beauty that makes it worth all the aches and pains we live with each day.” The tour includes the luncheon at Lorraine’s Restaurant [Indicate a choice of fried Flounder, crab cake, fried chicken tenders or manicotti]. We also hope you enjoy the taxi buggy tour of the island that is included. We will depart from the western shores of the Chesapeake Bay at Reedville, VA aboard the Chesapeake Breeze for a
delightful crossing to and from Tangier Island. We will depart Manassas at 6:30 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:15
a.m. Return time is approximately 7:15 p.m.