Tangier Island, VA

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by Jane Bonner 03 July 2003 Chesapeake Bay 15 photos 4682 views

Tangier Island, VA is a quiet and charming place to visit by boat. We stayed at Parks Marina. Friendly Mr. Parks helped us into our slip since there was a 2 knot current.

Coming from the east into Tangier via the channel

This island is barely above sea level

Beautiful flat and swampy, mosquito-infested island.

Waterman's shack

watermen's shacks

Bicycles are a wonderful way to see the island. Wanda's rents them for $1 each per hour.

Tangier has a beautiful beach for swimming with the mosquitoes. (bike/pedestrian trail leads to it)

Avon's "Skin So Soft" worked well for keeping the millions of mosquitoes and biting flies at bay.

Exploring Tangier by dinghy was refreshing on a hot day.

"Crabs'R Us" says a lot about Tangier's livelihood.

It was interesting watching the watermen cruise by. Their accents were from another world.

Sometimes people who mean well step on toes?

Tangier has deep religious roots. No alcohol is sold on the island.

Since there were no suitable anchorages, we stayed at Parks Marina. $25 for boats over 30 ft.

Tangier sunset

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The International IPYOA administration team.