Trip Videos

[wingman]

Tangier is a beautiful island. Unfortunately, it is slowly disappearing due to land subsidence and sea level rise.

Only one, small marina in town right in the main channel. Can be a little tricky getting into and out of the slips when the tide is running at a couple knots and the wind is blowing in the opposite direction.

Definitely worth at least a couple night stay so you can spend some time walking around and talking with the locals, particularly after the "tourists" leave on the last ferry.

[ewengstrom]

One cannot go to Tangier Island and not visit Mr. Parks, he's a character and fun to talk to....oh...and he LOVE's the ladies!!!! Don't bother hailing Parks Marina on your way in....you can try but he may or may not be listening, just go find a slip and tie up, he'll be along on his scooter to collect the fee before dark.
A great place to anchor at Tangier is in the cut behind the southern most point on the island, if the wind is blowing out of the south you may catch a bit of the fetch around the tip of the island but it's still a nice spot to anchor.

[lazybone]

Parts of the islands are sinking much faster than others.  It's a very old problem.

The cemeteries have oversized top stones on even the oldest gravesites to make sure the departed don't pop out of the ground and wander the streets.


Don't forget Smith island. 

[wingman]

or at least float away, RIP

[wingman]

the good news is that even though Tangier Island is slowly disappearing, we're also "growing" new ones

https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/poplar-island-construction-officially-complete/

[lazybone]

In 3 or 4 hundred years we'll be talking about popular island natives😀

[wingman]

Poplar Island has quite a history. During the War of 1812, the island was the base camp for the British fleet on their way to DC.

In the mid-1800s, they raised black cats on the island for their hides (apologies to any cat owners who are reading this).

One very cold winter when the Bay froze over between the Poplar Island and Tilghman Island to the east, all the cats escaped over the ice bridge to Tilghman—and that was the end of the cat fur business!

The locals insist there are still black feral cats with very nice fur roaming around on Tilghman Island that are ancestors of the original Poplar Island escapees.