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Bay History |
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As time has progressed, you can see how the diverse activities of Bay watermen and boat builders have led to their adaptation of the boats they use to local conditions such as water depth, wind and weather patterns, distance from the fishing grounds, available materials, and harvesting technologies. You can also visit our Model Guild where craftsmen make ship models of Chesapeake Bay boats. |
Discover the maritime history of the Chesapeake. Explore
the culture of the Native American inhabitants who named the
Bay "Chesapeake." Learn
why the first English explorers in North America placed their
settlements along the shores of the Bay, and how this region later became
linked with a new nation's fight for independence, subsequent growth, and
its fracture and reunion at the time of the Civil War.