Chesapeake Island Life: Smith and Tangier Islands

Photo by Jay Fleming
Smith Island workboat Sheila Ann, captained by Roland ‘Pal’ Bradshaw, running past Solomons Lump Lighthouse in Kedges Strait on the way to dredge oysters in Tangier Sound.
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Billy 'John' Evans running peeler pots out in Tangier Sound
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Smith Island cake
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Abandoned truck on Smith Island
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Smith Island crab shanty
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Kayaking in the creeks that run through Tangier Island
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Moonrise on Tangier Island behind crab houses
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Trent Pruitt riding around the number seven day marker at the eastern entrance to the island
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Donna Crockett of Tangier tends to her husband’s crab shanty
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Soft crabs ready for shipping off Smith Island
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Danny Tyler fishing hard crab pots
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Frying soft crabs
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Abandoned home on Smith Island
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Workboat running through the 'guts' on Smith Island
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Allen Parks and his son Jacob fishing crab pots on Tangier Island
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Abandoned workboat on Tangier Island
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Aerial photo of Rhodes Point on Smith Island
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Missy Evans of Smith Island fishing off the marsh
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Blue crab in the grass on Smith Island