Deltaville, Virginia

However, those days have passed and the area is now dotted with numerous marinas, boatyards, and marine related businesses.

The Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park, home to the Nationally registered historic buyboat, the F.D.

Founded in 2002, the Museum and Park's mission is to preserve and present the history of Chesapeake Bay watermen, their workboats, fisheries, and methods.

The Captain recovered sufficiently to eat the stingray for his dinner that evening.The legend that a cure was given to Smith by local Native Americans, who lived along what is now called Antipoison Creek, has been largely been discredited.

Prior to reaching Deltaville the storm had torn a path from North Carolina to the Chesapeake Bay.

[3] The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution on October 2, 2012, supporting the efforts of the official naming, "Deltaville, The Boating Capital of the Chesapeake Bay."

[5] National Historic Registry Sign in Hartfield, Virginia, "A Portrait of Deltaville 25th Anniversary Edition"