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• On Call with Smith Point Sea Rescue
• On the job with working waterwomen
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Rivah (‘riv-â), n. [der. river]:
1. the lands and waters of the
Northern Neck and Middle
Peninsula of Virginia, USA,
particularly favored by urban
dwellers for spring, summer
and fall escapes. 2. a region
in these peninsulas bound by
the Chesapeake Bay and the
Rappahannock, Potomac and
York rivers, inclusive. adj.–
rivah: reflecting an attitude
indicative of the abundantly
pleasant lifestyle in this area.
he dog days of summer have definitely arrived. But don’t let Virginia’s heat and humidity spoil the fun to be had at the rivah in
August. There are fishing tournaments, firemen’s carnivals, country
fairs and concerts. And they’re all happening in the next few weeks.
Mark your calendars for the annual Kilmarnock Volunteer Firemen’s
Festival and the Richmond County Fair. They should be on everyone’s to-do list, along with several family fishing tournaments.
In this issue we salute those who work the water, both commercially and as volunteers. Reporter Larry Chowning introduces us to
three working water women who are carrying on their families’ tradition of harvesting oysters, crabs and fish from the bay and the rivers.
Reporter Madison White Franks introduces some folks who also
work the local waters, but as volunteers with Smith Point Sea Rescue.
The organization serves a vital role in our community and comes to
the rescue of boaters in need.
We also travel to Morattico, a quaint fishing village in Lancaster
County once home to dozens of crab houses and a seafood processing plant. The Morattico Waterfront Museum pays homage to
the industry on which the village was built. Audrey Thomasson tells
us what life in the village was like then and now.
This month’s issue also includes three pages of your Rivah Life
photos. Continue to send us your pictures to share. And continue
supporting the businesses that make this publication possible.
Keep cool, stay safe on the water and have fun during these final
days of summer.
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Working Water Women
Continuing a family tradition . . . . . . . . 20
Smith Point Sea Rescue
Volunteers on call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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The Rivah Visitor’s Guide is published six times
a year jointly by the Rappahannock Record, P.O. Box 400, Kilmarnock, Va. 22482,
(804) 435-1701, and the Southside Sentinel, P.O. Box 549, Urbanna, Va. 23175,
(804) 758-2328. Email: [email protected]
News Tom Hardin and Robert D. Mason Jr., editors; Larry S. Chowning,
Tom Chillemi, Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi, Audrey Thomasson, Madison White
Franks
Advertising Sara Amiss and Wendy Payne, managers;
K.C. Troise, Marilyn Bryant, Jessica Michels-Mancini and Libby Allen
Production Joseph Gaskins, Susan Simmons, K.C. Troise, Sarah Bowis
Stephanie Feria
Camping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C3
Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Marinas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Discover Lancaster . . . . 73
Museums . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Diversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Parks & Recreation . . . . . 55
Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Rivah Fare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rivah Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
It Happened Here . . . . . 42
Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Rivah Events
plan
o avoid disappointment, call
the numbers where indicated to verify dates and times of
events. All area codes are (804)
unless otherwise listed.
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July 28-30
“Leaving Iowa,” a play by The
Court House Players, 6:30 p.m.
dinner theater on July 28-29
and 6:45 p.m. dinner-theater on
July 30, Church of St. Therese,
6262 Main Street, Gloucester.
$30 in advance only. Call 7250474 for ticket outlets or visit
courthouseplayers.org.
Ongoing events
Tuesdays
Heathsville Forge Blacksmith
Guild, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Rice’s
Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, 73
Monument Place, Heathsville.
580-3377.
Guided Museum Tour, 2-4
p.m. Steamboat Era Museum,
156 King Carter Drive, Irvington.
Docents in 19th-century dress
discuss life during the Steamboat Era. 438-6888.
Sunrise Yoga, 7-8:15 a.m.,
Woodville Park, Hayes,
Gloucester County. Sponsored
by Gloucester Parks, Recreation
& Tourism Department. $6 per
class. 693-2355.
Paws to Read, 2-3 p.m.,
Deltaville Branch of Middlesex
Public Library. Children are
invited to read to well-behaved
dogs provided by the library.
Free. 776-7362.
July 28-August 6
81st Annual Kilmarnock Firemen’s Festival, 7 p.m. nightly
except Sunday. KVFD Carnival
Grounds, 200 Waverly Avenue,
Kilmarnock. Rides, games. concessions. Raffle grand prize, a
2016 Chevrolet Colorado pickup
truck, will be awarded on the
final night. Raffle tickets $10
each, from a KVFD fireman, at
Nobletts in Kilmarnock, or at the
carnival, as supplies last.
Friday, July 29
Wednesdays
Tavern Spinners & Weavers,
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Rice’s Hotel/
Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. Studio
and store open. 435-2414.
Northern Neck Nutshell Association Races, 2 p.m. first and
third Wednesdays, June-October.
Great Wicomico River at Glebe
Point. 410-456-9903.
Paws to Read, 2-3 p.m.,
Urbanna Branch of Middlesex
Public Library. Children are
invited to read to well-behaved
dogs provided by the library.
Free. 758-5717.
Thursdays
580-3377.
Fridays
Tavern Woodworker’s
580-3377.
Open Studio, 9 a.m.-noon, Arts
on Main, 6580-B Main Street,
Gloucester Court House. For
those who enjoy painting with
The Irvington Crab Festival, to benefit the Steamboat Era Museum, will be held August 13 at the
Irvington Commons, 98 King Carter Drive, Irvington. Tickets are $50 per person, by advance sales only,
steamboateramusem.org or 438-6888. Music will be featured by Jumbo Lump Daddy & The Backfin Boys.
From left, volunteers Carolyn Graham and Kathy Polhamus deliver crabs to the crowd at the 2015 festival.
Photo by Michael Geissinger
company, or struggle making
time to make art. Bring your own
supplies. Free. Gloucesterarts.
org or 824-9464.
your camera and some photos. Free but pre-registration
required. Gloucesterarts.org or
824-9464.
Saturdays
580-3377.
Tavern Spinners & Weavers,
Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. Studio
and store open. 435-2414.
Introduction to Acrylics, 1-4
p.m., Arts on Main, 6580B Main Street, Gloucester
Court House. Teacher is
Rose Nygaard. $28 per
class. Gloucesterarts.org or
824-9464.
Photo Clinic, 1-2 p.m., Arts
Gloucester Court House.
Teacher is Dick Welton. Bring
Thursday, July 28
Wine Walk, 4-8 p.m., Main
Street, Gloucester Court House.
Sponsored by the Gloucester
Main Street Association. Twelve
downtown merchants open their
shops as “tasting rooms” where
people can sip and savor wines.
Tickets are $25 and can be
purchased online at gloucestervillage.com or at participating
retailers. 695-0700.
4-H Rocket Camp, 9 a.m.noon, Woodville Park, Hayes.
Sponsored by Gloucester Extension Office. For ages 9-13. $20.
693-2602.
Junior Ranger: Adventurers,
10 a.m.-noon. Picnic Area, Belle
Isle State Park, 1632 Belle Isle
Road, Lancaster. Ages 8-11.
$6 per person. Pre-registration
required, 462-5030.
Cascading Stories, 10:3011:30 a.m. Lancaster Community Library, 16 Town Centre
Drive, Kilmarnock. Storyteller:
Lynn Ruehlmann. 435-1729.
Community Lunch, 11:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m. Henderson UMC,
72 Henderson Drive, Callao.
Bat Housing, 1-2 p.m. Discovery Center, Westmoreland State
Park, 145 Cliff Road, Montross.
Make a bat house, $20 material
fee. Parking fee. 493-8821.
Bird Olympics, 2-3 p.m.
Picnic Area, Belle Isle State
Park, 1632 Belle Isle Road,
Lancaster. Bird education,
games. Parking fee. 462-5030.
Geocaching-Hiking Adventure, 6-7 p.m. Visitor Center,
Westmoreland State Park, 145
Cliff Road, Montross. $2 per
GPS unit. Parking fee. Advance
registration at the Visitor Center,
or 493-8821.
Kids Day At The Museum,
10 -11:30 a.m. Steamboat Era
Museum, 156 King Carter Drive,
Irvington. Special tour, stories,
games and activities focused on
steamboats and life during that
special time in history. Children
must be accompanied by an
adult. $5. Reservations due by
Thursdays, 438-6888.
Swim For The Win, 10:30
a.m. Northumberland Family
YMCA, 6348 Northumberland
Highway, Heathsville. Sponsors:
Northumberland Public Library,
Northumberland Family YMCA.
580-5051.
Storytime, 11 a.m. Central
Rappahannock Regional Library
Cooper Branch, 20 Washington Avenue, Colonial Beach.
224-0921.
Seine n’ Splash, 2-3 p.m.
Beach, Belle Isle State
Lancaster. Use a seining net to
round up specimens from the
Rappahannock River. Parking
fee. 462-5030.
Survival Bracelet Making, 3-4 p.m. Visitor Center,
Cliff Road, Montross. $5 per
person. Parking fee. 493-8821.
Slimy Science, 5-6 p.m.
Campground, Belle Isle State
Lancaster. Amphibian and reptile education, craft. Parking fee.
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462-5030.
Movie Night, 6:30 p.m. Fairfields UMC Activities Building,
14741 Northumberland Highway, Burgess. Topic: The life of
Christ, related by Apostle John.
Complimentary popcorn, pizza
and drinks.
Friday Night by Firelight,
8-9 p.m. Amphitheater, Belle
Isle State Park, 1632 Belle
Isle Road, Lancaster. Campfire, s’mores. Parking fee.
462-5030.
Beneath the Surface, 9-10
p.m. Fishing Pier, Belle Isle
State Park, 1632 Belle Isle
Road, Lancaster. Fish light
investigation. Parking fee.
462-5030.
Middlesex Public Library
Children’s Program, 2 p.m.,
Middlesex YMCA, Route 33,
Hartfield, featuring magician
Wes Iseli. Free. 758-5717.
Virginia Institute of Marine
Science Tour, 10:30 a.m.-noon,
VIMS Campus, Gloucester Point.
Exhibits, hands-on activities.
Free. Register online at www.
vims.edu/public/publictours,
684-7061.
Library Lock-In, 5-10 p.m.,
Gloucester Main Library,
6920 Main Street, Gloucester
Court House. For grades 6-12.
Games, food, entertainment,
prizes. Registration required.
693-2998.
All-Media Show Reception,
6:30 p.m., Tappahannock Art
Guild Gallery, 200 Prince Street.
Show will continue through September 5. 925-1011.
Saturday, July 30
3rd Annual Community Day,
10 a.m., Tappahannock Essex
Volunteer Fire Department,
Tappahannock. Hosted by Essex
NAACP. Vendors, health screenings, children’s games, corn
hole tournament, car and bike
show.
Unity World Festival, 8:30
a.m.-7 p.m., Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department grounds,
Urbanna. With 32 churches
participating, focus will be on
gospel music and bridging the
gap between churches and
the community. Food vendors,
healthcare programs, recreation
for children, youth and teen activities, senior-citizen programs
and vendor participation from
local businesses and tourism
groups. Free. 384-3811.
Stock Car Racing, 6:30-10:30
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Road, Lancaster. Ages 8 and
older. $6 per person. Parking
fee. Pre-registration required,
462-5030.
Monday, August 1
Mind & Muscle Lecture, 11
a.m. Chesapeake Center Auditorium, Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, 132 Lancaster
Drive, Irvington. Speaker: Dr.
James McCoig. Topic: Aging and
activity. Complimentary lunch
at noon. Reservations required,
438-4000.
Chicken Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m.
Beaverdam Park is a favorite spot for fishing. Night fishing will be featured at the park at 8687 Roaring American Legion Post 117, 39
American Legion Way, Reedville,
Springs Road in Gloucester from 4 p.m.-midnight on Friday, August 19. Register at the Ranger Station.
$10 adults, $5 for ages 11 and
younger. Fried chicken, mashed
potatoes, gravy, green beans,
p.m., Virginia Motor Speedway,
baked beans, salad, rolls, soft
450-4655.
Camp Cooking: Shake n’
Route 17, Jamaica, 8 miles
drinks, iced tea, desserts.
Sunset Canoe Tour, 7-8:30
Make Ice Cream, 3-4 p.m.
north of Saluda. Four divisions
p.m. Camp Store, Belle Isle
of racing. vamotorspeedway.com Park, 1632 Belle Isle Road,
or 758-1VMS.
Lancaster. Ice cream making.
Sunrise Yoga, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Materials fee, parking fee. PreVisitor Center, Westmoreland
registration required, 462-5030.
State Park, 145 Cliff Road,
Fossil Hike, 3-4 p.m. Discovery
Montross. $5 per person. ParkCenter, Westmoreland State
ing fee. 493-8821.
Park, 145 Cliff Road, Montross.
Essex
Kayak Below Horsehead
Parking fee. 493-8821.
Q Tappahannock Farmers Market 9 a.m.–1 p.m. in the cenCliffs/Fossil Adventure, 9-11 All-You-Can-Eat Steamed
ter of historic downtown Tappahannock, the third Satura.m. Boat House, Westmoreland Shrimp Feast, food, 3-7 p.m.;
day of the month through November. 445-2067
music, 5-9 p.m. Colonial Beach
Montross. $25 per tandem kay- Volunteer Fire Department,
Gloucester
ak, $20 per solo, $10 bring your 312 Colonial Avenue, Colonial
Q Summer Nights Market in Gloucester 4:30–7:30
own. Ages 6 and older, ages
Beach. Steamed shrimp, corn
p.m. every Wednesday beginning in June. 695-0700
6-12 must be accompanied by
on the cob, coleslaw, hush
adults. Parking fee. Advance
puppies. $40 per person. Music
Historic Yorktown
registration, 493-8821.
by Southern Bred. Purchase
Q Yorktown Market Days 9 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Yorktown waCrabbing 101, 10-11 a.m.
advance tickets at cbvfd.net.
terfront between Buckner and Ballard Streets every SatFishing Pier, Belle Isle State
urday from May 14 through October 29. 757-890-3500
Sunday, July 31
“Leaving Iowa,” a play by
Lancaster. Instruction. Activity
Lancaster
fee, parking fee. Pre-registration The Court House Players, 3
Q Irvington Farmers Market 9 a.m.–1 p.m. at Irvington
p.m. (play only), Church of St.
recommended, 462-5030.
Commons, the first Saturday of the month through NoTherese, 6262 Main Street,
Farnham Country Fair, 11
vember. 480-0697
Gloucester. $14 in advance;
a.m.-8 p.m. Commonwealth
Assisted Living at Farnham, 511 $15 at door. Children and
Mathews
students $5 with ID. Call 725Cedar Grove Road, Farnham.
Q Mathews Farmers Market 9 a.m.–1 p.m. on the Court
0474 for ticket outlets or visit
Crafts, foods, vendors, music
Green, every Saturday through October. 725-3318
courthouseplayers.org.
by The Dove Brothers and The
Knotwater Band, a living history Ask-a-Ranger, 9-10 a.m.
Middlesex
display, antique cars and tracQ Urbanna Farmers Market 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Taber Park, sectors, petting zoo. 394-2102, Ext. Park, 1632 Belle Isle Road,
ond Saturday of each month. 758-2613
Lancaster. Artifacts, crafts,
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Marsh Madness, 1- 2 p.m.
Q Holly Point Market 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Deltaville Maritime
Ice Cream Making, 1-2 p.m.
Museum, fourth Saturday of each month. 776-7200
Visitor Center, Westmoreland
Northumberland
Lancaster. Hike and marsh
Q Heathsville Farmers Market 9 a.m.–1p.m. at Rice’s HoMontross. $2 per person. Parkinvestigation. Parking Fee.
ing fee. 493-8821.
tel/Hughlett’s Tavern, the third Saturday of the month
462-5030.
Paint & Sip, 2-5 p.m. Ingleside “I’ve Been Changed,” chat &
through October. 580-3377
chew, 3:30 p.m.; curtain, 5 p.m.
Vineyards, 5872 Leedstown
Westmoreland
Northumberland High School
Road, Oak Grove. Create artQ Montross Market Days 9 a.m.–1 p.m. at the old Courtwork while sipping wine. Painting Auditorium, 201 Academic Lane,
house, the first Saturday of the month. (703) 598-2112
Claraville. $20. A Galilee UMC
instruction by members of the
Uncorked Palette. Reservations Family and Friends Day Weekend Celebration event. $20.
required, 224-8687.
Events
August 1-5
Kids Art Workshops, 10 a.m.
noon, Drawing Adventures;
12:30-2:30 p.m., Make, Build,
Play. Studio Gallery, 19 North
Main Street, Kilmarnock. Instructor: Marilyn Sprouse. Ages 7
and older. For fees and registration, call the Rappahannock
Art League Studio Gallery,
436-9309.
Children’s Build A Model
Diorama Workshop, 10 a.m.-2
p.m. Reedville Fishermen’s
Museum, 504 Main Street,
Reedville. Ages 10-18. Presented by the RFM Model Shop
volunteers. Fees and registration, 453-6529.
Fitness Challenge Camp,
8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Gloucester
Family YMCA, 6898 Main Street,
Gloucester. For ages 5-12.
Campers will participate in the
Y’s own Olympic-style activities,
culminating with a mock opening
ceremonies to celebrate the
Summer Olympics in Rio. Trips
to the library for a scavenger
hunt and bowling alley included.
Parent Night is Friday. $89 for
members and $99 for non-members. 993-4922.
Kids Summer Art Camp, 9
a.m.-noon (grades K-2) and 1-4
p.m. (grades 3-5), Arts on Main,
6580-B Main Street, Gloucester
Court House. $65. Pre-register
at 824-9464.
The Heathsville Farmers Market on Saturday, August 20, will host its annual Antique and Classic Car Roundup. The market is held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on the grounds of Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument
Place, Heathsville.
Who Made Those Tracks?,
Road, Lancaster. Animal track
investigation and craft. Parking
fee. Pre-registration recommended, 462-5030.
Crabbing 101, 1-2 p.m. Fishing
Pier, Belle Isle State Park, 1632
Belle Isle Road, Lancaster.
Instruction. Activity fee, parking
fee. Pre-registration recommended, 462-5030.
Story Hour and Craft, 1011:30 a.m., Urbanna Branch of
Middlesex Public Library, for children kindergarten through 2nd
grade, and 1-2 p.m. story hour
and craft for grades 3-5. Theme
is “Read for the Win” and the
sport is track. 758-5717.
Thursday, August 4
Guided Nature Walk, 9
a.m., Woodville Park, Hayes,
Gloucester County. 693-2107.
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Tour, 10:30 a.m.-noon,
684-7061.
Junior Ranger: Adventurers,
Road, Lancaster. Ages 8-11.
$6 per person. Pre-registration
required, 462-5030.
Story Hour and Craft, 10:30-
11:30 a.m., Urbanna Branch
of Middlesex Public Library,
for ages 2 1/2 through 4.
758-5717.
Friday, August 5
Wine On The Water, 5-8 p.m.,
Garrett’s Marina, Route 17,
Essex County, 5 miles south of
Tappahannock. Wine tastings,
music by Andrew MaGruder
& Friends, light food. $10 per
person, which includes first
drink. Proceeds support LedwithLewis Free Health Clinic in
Tappahannock. 443-9590.
First Friday Open House, 5-8
p.m., Arts on Main, 6580-B
Main Street, Gloucester Court
House. Free for all to enjoy the
featured artwork and artist
for the new month, live music
that is different each month,
and food and beverages for
sale. Gloucesterarts.org or
824-9464.
10 -11:30 a.m. Steamboat Era
Thursday, 438-6888.
684-7061.
224-0921.
Lancaster. Amphibian and reptile education, craft. Parking fee.
6f
Tuesday, August 2
4-H Exploring Trees Camp, 10
a.m.-2 p.m., Beaverdam Park,
8687 Roaring Springs Road,
Gloucester. For ages 9-13.
Discover the world of trees while
hiking with Master Naturalist Mr.
Hurricane. $15. 693-2107.
Story Hour and Craft, 10:30
a.m., Deltaville Branch of
Middlesex Public Library, for 2
1/2 year olds through 1st grade,
and 1 p.m. story hour and craft
for grades 2-5. Theme is “Read
for the Win” and the sport is
track. 776-7362.
August 2-4
Grandparent/Grandchild Summer Camp, Stratford Hall, 483
Great House Road, Stratford
Hall. Registration, fees, details,
stratfordhall.org, or 493-8038.
Wednesday, August 3
Slip, Slide, Splash
Story Hour, 10-11 a.m.
7204 Northumberland Highway,
Heathsville. Ages 3 and older.
580-5051.
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ily YMCA, 6898 Main Street,
Gloucester. Features performing
arts, visual arts, writing, scavenger hunt at the library and more.
$89 for members and $99 for
non-members. 993-4922.
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462-5030.
First Friday Art Reception,
5-7 p.m. Rappahannock Art
League Studio Gallery, 19 North
Main Street, Kilmarnock. Light
refreshments. 435-9309.
First Friday Art Walk, 5-9
p.m. Montross. Self-guided tour
through village. Galleries, shops,
dining, music, farmers market.
462-5030.
August 9-11
Little Rangers, 10 a.m.-noon.
Lancaster. Ages 4-5. Crafts,
activities, games. $6 per day,
includes snacks and supplies.
462-5030.
August 9-13
Richmond County Fair,
Richmond County Fairgrounds,
315 Community Park Drive,
Warsaw. Agriculture and home
craft competition, exhibits,
demonstrations, rides, games,
food, entertainment. 313-9940,
richmondcountyfair.com.
Saturday, August 6
Crab Feast, 5-8 p.m., Lower
Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department, Deltaville Firehouse.
All-you-can-eat steamed crabs,
hamburgers, hot dogs and
corn-on-the-cob. $30 in advance;
$35 at gate. Tickets available at
Harrow’s Home Center at Cooks
Corner; Hurd’s Hardware, J&W
Seafood in Deltaville, and Pat’s
Gallery in Deltaville; Urbanna
Builders Supply in Saluda; from
any fire department member; or
by calling 776-9753. Honky-Tonk
Heroes will play from 8 p.m.midnight. .
Free Guided Tour, 10 a.m.-2
p.m., Historic Lower United
Methodist Church, 120 Lower
Church Road, Hartfield. For all
ages.
Soccer Camp, 2-4 p.m.,
Middlesex High School, for ages
kindergarten through grade 12.
$10. Adult/high school/alumni
soccer game, food, music with
DJ Wayne Jessie and fun games
will follow the camp with $5 admission. Proceeds to benefit the
Middlesex High School Athletic
Boosters Club. Register by calling 824-4122. This is Urbanna
Oyster Festival Queen contestant Meghan Shores’ community
service project.
Celebrate Summer 5K,
8-9 a.m., Beaverdam Park,
Gloucester. For all ages. $5.
693-2355.
north of Saluda. $20,000-to-win
60-lap feature for the Ultimate
Super Late Model Series, and
three other divisions of racing. vamotorspeedway.com or
758-1VMS.
Marsh Madness, 11 a.m.-noon.
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The Deltaville Deltas semi-pro baseball team had a 15-1 record as of July 21 and were in first place in the
Richmond National Adult Baseball Association. The Deltas will host the Virginia Beach Vipers at 7:30 p.m.
on Saturday, July 30, at historic Deltaville Ballpark. Admission is $6 for adults; children age 12 and under
are admitted free. It is likely the Deltas will host league tournament games in August. Visit deltavilledeltas.
com for updates. Photo courtesy of Stephen Blue
investigation. Parking Fee.
462-5030.
Ice Cream Social, 11 a.m.-2
p.m. Historic Christ Church &
Museum, 420 Christ Church
Road, Weems. Colonial games,
crafts, history, ice cream treats.
Register at christchurch1735.
org, or 438-6855.
Materials fee, parking fee. Preregistration required, 462-5030.
Marsh Meander Paddle,
3-4:30 p.m. Camp Store, Belle
Road, Lancaster. Guided canoe
tour. Ages 8 and older. $5 per
person. Parking fee. Pre-registration required, 462-5030.
Dinner Theater, 5 p.m. Calvary Baptist Church, 490 East
Church Street, Kilmarnock.
“Who Killed the Church?”
Acquire tickets at cbcministries.org, or call 435-1052, or
436-7929.
“Of Mice And Men,” 6:30 p.m.
opening night gala, 7:30 p.m.
curtain. Westmoreland Players,
Westmoreland Players Theatre,
16217 Richmond Road, Callao.
$25 adults, $15 students. For
reservations, 529-9345, or
westmorelandplayers.org.
462-5030.
Sunday, August 7
Ask-a-Ranger, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Trick Your Stick, 1-2 p.m.
Lancaster. Make a hiking stick.
$2 per stick Parking fee. Preregistration required, 462-5030.
“Of Mice And Men,” 3
p.m. Westmoreland Players,
“Love, Sex and Consequences: An Intimate Look at the
American Civil War” lecture
by Christy Coleman, 4-6 p.m.,
Dozier’s Regatta Point Marina,
137 Neptune Lane, Deltaville.
A fundraiser for the Middlesex
County Museum. $25 tickets
available at the museum in
Saluda or at Middlesexmuseum.
com. Refreshments will be
served with a cash bar.
Benefit Dinner, 5-7 p.m.,
Piankatank River Golf Club,
Hartfield. Proceeds to benefit
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office. $25
tickets available at hlw1122@
yahoo.com, Harrow’s Home
Center at Cooks Corner,
River Birch Gifts in Locust Hill,
Urbanna Pool, Middlesex YMCA
in Hartfield, and J&W Seafood in
Deltaville. Urbanna Oyster Festival community service project of
Hailey Walton.
World Famous Breakfast,
8-11 a.m., Mathews American
Legion Post 83, Hookemfair
Road, Hudgins. $8 donation.
725-7422.
August 8-11
QuickStart Tennis Camp,
6-7:30 p.m., tennis courts at
Middlesex High School. For ages
4-10. Quickstart is a new format
to help children 10 and under
to learn and play the game of
tennis. Balls furnished. $50.
Register by calling 758-0057 or
366-2319.
August 8-12
at 824-9464.
Express Yourself Camp, 8
a.m.-5:30 p.m., Gloucester Fam-
Wednesday, August 10
Kick, Hit, Toss & Roll
Story Hour, 10-11 a.m.
7204 Northumberland Highway,
Heathsville. Ages 3 and older.
580-5051.
Bon Secours Rappahannock
General Hospital Senior
University, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
White Stone Church of the Nazarene, 57 Whisk Drive, White
Stone. For seniors and caregivers. Educational seminars,
vendors, complimentary lunch,
refreshments, health screenings, entertainment, giveaways.
435-8662.
Children’s Program Finale,
10 a.m., Middlesex County
Public Library Urbanna Branch.
758-5717.
684-7061.
August 11-13
Bay Bash Family Fishing
Tournament, Ingram Bay Marina, 545 Harveys Neck Road,
Wicomico Church. Open (10
species), ladies, youth and special anglers divisions. $2,000 in
prizes. Grand prize by Truth Fishing Reels. Raffle, music, food,
drink, moon bounce. Concert
to benefit Northumberland MdCounty Volunteer Rescue Squad.
For rules and registration, 5807292, ingrambaymarina.com.
Events
ern Neck Farm Museum, 12705
Northumberland Highway,
Heathsville. 761-5952.
Progressive Farm Safety
Day, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Northern
Neck Farm Museum, 12705
Northumberland Highway,
Heathsville. Sponsors: Virginia
Cooperative Extension/4-H,
Northern Neck Farm Museum.
ages 8-13.
Crabbing 101, 10-11 a.m.
Fishing Pier, Belle Isle State
fee, parking fee. Pre-registration
Aww Shucks, Oysters!, 1-2
p.m. Motor Boat Launch, Belle
Virginia Motor Speedway on Route 17 at Jamaica, 8 miles north of Saluda, will host a $20,000-to-win 60-lap Road, Lancaster. Oyster gardenfeature for the Ultimate Super Late Model Series, and will feature three other divisions of racing from 6:30- ing investigation. Parking fee.
10:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 6. Visit vamotorspeedway.com or call 758-1VMS for more information.
462-5030.
Photo courtesy of Al Goulder
Friday, August 12
classes throughout the year and games and activities focused on 16217 Richmond Road, Callao.
Kids Art Show and Recepin the free weeks of art camps.
tion, 3:30-6 p.m., The Bay
The show continues through
School Community Arts Center,
August 20. Free. 725-1278.
279 Main Street, Mathews
Survival Bracelets 101, 3-4
Court House. The show high10:30 a.m. Steamboat Era
Thursday, 438-6888.
p.m. Picnic Area, Belle Isle
lights Bay School children and
Museum, 156 King Carter Drive, Storytime, 11 a.m. Central
youth student artwork created in Irvington. Special tour, stories,
Rappahannock Regional Library Road, Lancaster. Instructional
Cooper Branch, 20 Washingcraft. Material fee, parking fee.
ton Avenue, Colonial Beach.
462-5030.
New Northern Neck Design!
224-0921.
Irvington Crab Festival, 4 p.m.
Whooo’s for Dinner? 2-3 p.m. grounds open, 5 p.m. crabs
served. Irvington Commons,
Lancaster. Owl education. Mate- All-you-can eat steamed crabs.
rials fee, Parking fee. 462-5030. $50 per person. Wine and beer
Marsh Madness, 5-6 p.m.
available for purchase. Music by
Jumbo Lump Daddy & The BackPark, 1632 Belle Isle Road,
fin Boys. To benefit Steamboat
Era Museum. Advance tickets
only, steamboateramusem.org,
462-5030.
or 438-6888.
“Of Mice And Men,” 7:30
Raffle Gala, 7-9 p.m.
Westmoreland Volunteer Fire
Department, 52 Rectory Lane,
16217 Richmond Road, Callao. Montross. To benefit new
Stratford Fire Substation.
$4,000 grand prize, plus cash
and other gifts. $100 ticket adFriday Night by Firelight,
mits two to drawing party-heavy
hors d’ oeuvres, open bar, beer
and wine. Only 200 tickets will
Isle Road, Lancaster. Campbe sold. For tickets, 493-1627,
fire, s’mores. Parking fee.
or stratfordfiresubstation.org.
462-5030.
Touch A Truck, 9 a.m.Virginia Institute of Marine
Woodville Park, Hayes,
$176+37'r)+(65r*1/'&'%14 Science Tour, 10:30 a.m.-noon, noon,
Gloucester County. For all ages.
Mon. - Fri., 10-5
VIMS Campus, Gloucester Point. Meet Gloucester’s volunteer
firefighters and members
Sat., 10-4; Sun. 12-4
of sheriff’s office. Tractors,
Voted Best Gift Shop in the
mowers, trucks and more will
Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula
684-7061.
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Kids Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. North- registration required by August
7. 693-2355.
Comic Con, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,
Gloucester County Public LibraryMain, 6920 Main Street. For all
ages. Costumes, workshops, activities, prizes. Free. 693-2998.
of racing. vamotorspeedway.com
or 758-1VMS.
Adult Gaming Night, 3-7
p.m., Essex County Library,
Tappahannock. For ages 18 and
up.
3-D Art Pen Demonstration,
9 a.m.-3 p.m., The Bay School
Community Arts Center, 279
Main Street, Mathews Court
House. 725-1278.
Sunday, August 14
Colonial Classics, 1-2 p.m.
Lancaster. Games, activities.
Parking fee. 462-5030.
Memory Lane Car Club, 3
p.m. Boys and Girls Club of the
Northern Neck, 517 North Main
Street, Kilmarnock. Cruisein follows at 4 p.m. Anyone
interested in collector vehicles
welcome. 435-6171.
August 15-18
QuickStart Tennis Camp,
6-7:30 p.m., tennis courts at
Middlesex High School. For ages
4-10. Quickstart is a new format
to help children 10 and under
to learn and play the game of
tennis. Balls furnished. $50.
Register by calling 758-0057 or
366-2319.
August 15-19
Youth Soccer Camp,
Middlesex Family YMCA, Route
33, Hartfield. 316-9191.
at 824-9464.
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Thursday, August 18
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a.m.-5:30 p.m., Gloucester Family YMCA, 6898 Main Street,
Gloucester. Features performing
arts, visual arts, writing, scavenger hunt at the library and more.
$89 for members and $99 for
non-members. 993-4922.
Tuesday, August 16
Critter Creations: Butterflies,
11 a.m. -noon. Picnic Area, Belle
Isle Road, Lancaster. Butterfly
education, craft. Parking fee.
462-5030.
Pocahontas’ Pottery Shop,
2-3 p.m. Picnic Area, Belle Isle
Road, Lancaster. Native American education, craft. Material
fee, parking fee. 462-5030.
Moonlight Canoe Tour, 8-9:30
p.m. Camp Store, Belle Isle
462-5030.
August 16-18
4-H Cloverbud Day Nature
Camp, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Whitcomb Lodge, Beaverdam Park,
Gloucester. For ages 5-8. $15.
693-2602.
Paddle With a Park Ranger,
6-7 p.m., Beaverdam Park,
Gloucester. For all ages. Free
guided paddle tour of lake. Preregistration required by August
10. 693-2355.
Art Lecture, 6:30 p.m.,
Tappahannock Art Guild Gallery,
200 Prince Street. $5. Part of
the “When Everything Changed”
series. Lecture will focus on
work of Van Gogh. 925-1011.
Surprise Story Hour, 10-11
a.m. Northumberland Public
Library, 7204 Northumberland
Highway, Heathsville. All ages
580-5051.
Marsh Madness, 11 a.m.-noon.
462-5030.
Art in Nature, 1-2 p.m.
Lancaster. Hike and craft. Parking fee. 462-5030.
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Teen and Community Service
Project Day, 9 a.m.-noon.
Group Campground, Belle Isle
Road, Lancaster. Volunteer
service project, lunch provided.
Pre-registration and parental
permission required. Free.
462-5030.
684-7061.
Friday, August 19
10:30 a.m. Steamboat Era
Thursday, 438-6888.
224-0921.
Make Ice Cream, 2:30-3:30
p.m. Picnic Area, Belle Isle State
Materials fee, parking fee. Preregistration required, 462-5030.
Third Friday, 4-6 p.m. Irvington
Business District. Participating businesses to hold open
houses, light refreshments, pets
welcome. Bring pet food dona-
tions for Animal Welfare League.
Lancaster. Amphibian and reptile
462-5030.
Art Workshop, 6:30-8 p.m.
Rappahannock Art League
Studio Gallery, 19 North Main
Street, Kilmarnock. Topic: Paint
Like the Masters-Johnny! Instructor: Johnny Hayes. Snacks
provided, participants may bring
their favorite beverage. For fees
and registration, call 436-9309.
Friday Night by Firelight, 8-9
p.m. Amphitheater, Belle Isle
Road, Lancaster. Campfire,
s’mores. Parking fee. 462-5030.
Night Fishing, 4 p.m.-midnight,
Beaverdam Park, 8687 Roaring Springs Road, Gloucester.
For all ages. Register at Ranger
Station. $5 per person or boat.
693-2355.
684-7061.
Saturday, August 20
Middlesex County Woman’s
Club Galleria, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Virginia Street, Urbanna. Variety
of arts, crafts, jewelry, food,
clothing, kitchen items, personal
items and more. Free.
Dream Fields Spanish Mackerel Fishing Tournament,
$175. Entry forms at dreamfields.org, or call 436-5932.
Mosaic Consignments & Gifts, LLC
At Mosaic you will find New,
Gently Used and Artisan Items.
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Heathsville Farmers Market,
Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument
Place, Heathsville. Theme: Antique and Classic Car Round-up.
Fresh produce, baked goods,
goat cheese, flowers, nursery
plants, handcrafts, tavern artisans. 580-3377.
Homemade Ice Cream Sale,
9-11 a.m. Heathsville UMC, 39
Courthouse Road, Heathsville.
Commemoration of Robert
Carter III’s Deed of Emancipation of Slaves, 11 a.m.
First Baptist Church, 3585
Courthouse Road, Heathsville.
Sponsors: Mary Ball Washington
Museum & Library, Northern
Neck of Virginia Historical
Society, Historic Christ Church &
Museum, First Baptist Church.
Historical character conversations with Robert Carter III and
black Baptist preacher Gowan
Pamphlet; remarks by Thomas
Duckenfield III, Esq., descendant
of freed Carter slaves; and music by First Baptist Church Choir.
Donations suggested.
Survival Bracelets 101, 11
a.m. -noon. Picnic Area, Belle
Road, Lancaster. Instructional
craft. Material fee, parking fee.
462-5030.
Bingo For Quilts, 1:30 p.m.
Transportation Museum, Rice’s
20 bingo sheets for $20. Prizes:
Quilted items made by Tavern
Quilt Guild.
Road, Lancaster. Oyster gardening investigation. Parking fee.
462-5030.
Beaverdam Canoe Jam,
8-11:45 a.m., Beaverdam Park,
Gloucester. Canoe and kayak
races, kid’s sprint relay and fun
paddle. Races: long course (4
miles); short course (2 miles).
$10-$20. All ages. 693-2355.
Cumnor Hunt Club Seafood
Feast, 5-7 p.m., Upper King and
Queen Ruritan Club building.
$20 in advance or $25 at door.
Music by Cobalt Whiskey Band.
363-5296.
Children’s Program, 1:30
Tappahannock. Ronnie Sydney II
presents Tameka’s New Dress.
August 20-21
Spanish Lessons, Northern
Neck Anglers Club member
tournament. Target species:
Spanish mackerel, bluefish,
spot. Membership information
and tournament rules at northernneckanglersclub.wordpress.
com.
37th Annual Rod Run To The
Beach, Colonial Beach. Street
rods, custom classics, antiques.
Cruise in and activities begin at
8 a.m. Saturday. Judging will be
held from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday. Registration: $15 by August
19, or $20 at the gate. Sponsor: Colonial Beach Chamber of
Commerce. Register at colonialbeach.org, or 224-8145.
Sunday, August 21
Farm & Home Supply, LLC
Hardware & Marine Hardware, Pet Food
& Supplies, Large Greenhouse, Echo
Power Equipment, Garden Tillers,
Valspar Paints & Sundries,
Bird Food, Feeders
and much more!
Delivery available!
469 N. Main St., PO Box 249
Kilmarnock, Virginia 22482
Hours: 7:30 - 5:30 M-F, 7:30 - 5:00 Sat.
Events
Critter Creations: Butterflies,
1-2 p.m. Picnic Area, Belle
Isle Road, Lancaster. Butterfly
462-5030.
Monday, August 22
Maker Space-Adult Coloring Corner, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Gloucester County Library, 6920
Main Street Center, Gloucester
Court House. Experience the latest trend in relaxation coloring
pages with pencils, markers and
crayons (provided). 693-2998.
August 22-26
Sports Camp, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
daily, Gloucester Family YMCA,
6898 Main Street. Variety of
sports, games, scavenger hunt,
bowling. For ages 5-12. $89 for
member and $99 for non-members. 993-4922.
August 23-24
Thursday, August 25
4-H Food Challenge Camp, 10
a.m.-3 p.m. Lancaster Community Library, 16 Town Centre Drive,
Kilmarnock. Sponsor: Virginia
Cooperative Extension/4-H.
Ages 9-13. $15. 580-5694.
Survival Bracelets 101, 11
a.m.-noon. Picnic Area, Belle
Road, Lancaster. Instructional
craft. Material fee, parking fee.
462-5030
Life Of Mary Ball Washington Bus Tour, 8 a.m. departs
from Lively, 6:30 p.m. returns.
Sponsor: Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library. Guide:
Butch Jenkins. Stops: George
Washington Birthplace National
Monument, Ferry Farm, Mary
Washington House. Lunch in
Fredericksburg. Snacks, libations. Register at mbwm.org, or
462-7280.
Play To Win Story Hour, 10-11
a.m. Northumberland Public
Library, 7204 Northumberland
Highway, Heathsville. Games. All
ages. 580-5051.
Critter Creations: Owls, 11
a.m.-noon. Picnic Area, Belle
Road, Lancaster. Owl education,
craft. Parking fee. 462-5030.
Whooo’s for Dinner? 2-3
p.m. Picnic Area, Belle Isle
Road, Lancaster. Owl education. Materials Fee, Parking fee.
462-5030.
684-7061.
Friday, August 26
Cat Point Creek Water Trail
Tour, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Departing
from Menokin, 4037 Menokin
Road, Warsaw. Sponsors:
Friends of the Rappahannock
and Menokin Foundation. $40
per individual/$120 per family, or $32/$96 for members.
Ticket includes kayak, personal flotation device, paddle.
Bring lunch, snack, water and
sunscreen. Ages 12 and older.
Register at riverfriends.org/
events, or call 540-373-3448,
ext 117.
224-0921.
Trick Your Stick, 2-3 p.m.
Lancaster. Make a hiking
stick. $2 per stick Parking
462-5030.
Lancaster. Amphibian and
reptile education, craft. Parking
fee. 462-5030.
462-5030.
462-5030.
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Tour, 10:30
a.m.-noon, VIMS Campus,
Gloucester Point. Exhibits,
hands-on activities. Free. Reg-
ister online at www.vims.edu/
public/publictours, 684-7061.
Saturday, August 27
Crab Feast, 5-7 p.m.,
Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department, Urbanna Firehouse.
$30 in advance; $35 at gate.
Classic Car Cruise-in, 10
a.m.-2 p.m., Good Girl Industries, 5041 General Puller Highway, Locust Hill. Free. Vendors
and live music. 286-9195.
of racing. vamotorspeedway.
com or 758-1VMS.
National Park Service Centennial Founders Day, George
Monument, 1732 Popes Creek
Road, Colonial Beach. Celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the National Park Service
with music and games from the
1930s. 224-1732, ext. 225.
Rain Barrel Workshop, 10
a.m.-noon. Menokin, 4037 Menokin Road, Warsaw. Sponsor:
Northern Neck Master Gardeners. $50 per barrel. Register at
580-5694.
Crabbing 101, 10-11 a.m.
Fishing Pier, Belle Isle State
fee, parking fee. Pre-registration
Seine n’ Splash, 1-2 p.m.
Beach, Belle Isle State
Lancaster. Use a seining net to
round up specimens from the
Rappahannock River. Parking
fee. 462-5030.
Lancaster. Ice cream making. Materials fee, parking
462-5030.
Pig Pickin’ & Dance, 3-11
p.m. Callao Ruritan Club, 185
Ruritan Lane, Callao. Sponsor: Callao Volunteer Fire
Department.
Sunset Canoe Tour, 7:309:30 p.m. Camp Store, Belle
462-5030.
Youth Gaming Night, 3-7
Tappahannock. For ages 12-17.
Sunday, August 28
Road, Lancaster. Oyster gardening investigation. Parking fee.
462-5030.
hands-on activities. Free. Register online at www.vims.edu/
August 31-Sept. 10
55th Annual Labor Day Art
Show, Rappahannock Art
League Studio Gallery, 19
North Main Street, Kilmarnock.
436-9309.
Friday, September 2
hands-on activities. Free. Register online at www.vims.edu/
Urbanna Founders Day
Celebration, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
downtown Urbanna. Variety
of historical events, re-enactors, and historical exhibits.
758-2613.
School is Cool 5K, 8-9 a.m.,
Beaverdam Park, 8687 Roaring
Springs Road, Gloucester. $5.
693-2355.
of racing. Final point race of the
season. vamotorspeedway.com
or 758-1VMS.
Family Fun Day & Car Show
Extravaganza, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Church of Deliverance 3734
Mary Ball Road, Lancaster. Raffles, door prizes, music, food,
craft vendors, games, kids
activities. Car show registration
is $10, Vendor booths are $20.
761-5139.
Send Northern Neck events to editor@
rapprecord.com. Send Middle Peninsula
events to [email protected]
August 2016
Rivah • 9
Iconic Indian site purchased
by National Park Service
by Lara Lutz
GLOUCESTER— An important
American Indian site on the York
River in Virginia, lost to historians
for centuries, has been purchased by
the National Park Service as part of
the Captain John Smith Chesapeake
National Historic Trail.
The 264-acre tract on Purtan Bay
in Gloucester County—where more
than 400 years ago the English colonist Smith first met the Algonquian
leader Powhatan—was acquired in
June from a Virginia couple, Bob and
Lynn Ripley, for $7.1 million, according to the park service.
Four hundred years ago, the Indian
town at this location was called Werowocomoco. In 1607, as Smith was
exploring the Chickahominy River, he
was captured by Indians and taken as
a prisoner to the town, where he met
Powhatan, a spiritual and political
leader who influenced tribes throughout the Virginia Tidewater.
According to Smith, he also met
Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas, at
Werowocomoco. He later claimed—
in a much-disputed account—that she
rescued him from execution.
“The antiquity and spirituality of
this place cannot be understated,” said
Joel Dunn, president and chief executive officer of the Chesapeake Conservancy. “Werowocomoco is the Machu
Picchu of the Chesapeake. It served
as the capital of the Powhatan confederacy for hundreds of years and is
one of the most significant American
Indian sites in eastern North America.
We still have much to learn.”
Although archaeologists believe
Indians had been using the land at
Werowocomoco for thousands of
years, the arrival of Smith and company triggered an abrupt end to its
history. Powhatan and most, if not all,
of the town’s inhabitants relocated to
an Indian community on the Chickahominy River, just two years after the
English established their settlement at
Jamestown. Werowocomoco was not
mentioned in colonial records again.
Smith had marked the general location of Werowocomoco on early handdrawn maps, positioning it along
what the English later called the York
River. However, its exact location was
unknown until 2001, when the Ripleys
began meeting with archeologists to
discuss artifacts found on their land—
on the river’s northeast shore about
15 miles upstream from Yorktown. In
2003, archeologists announced that
evidence had confirmed the site as
Werowocomoco.
The sale to the park service came
after several years of negotiations and
planning to line up financing. Funds
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August 2016
for the purchase came from the federal Land and Water Conservation
Fund. The Conservation Fund purchased the land from the Ripleys, then
shortly thereafter sold it for the same
price to the park service. The Commonwealth of Virginia, Chesapeake
Conservancy and other groups were
advocates for the preservation and
purchase of the land.
Under terms of the sale, the Ripleys retain the right to live on 5.6 acres
of the land for the remainder of their
lives.
Werowocomoco will remain closed
to the public for approximately two
years or more until interpretations and
visitor amenities are in place. More
archaeological work may be required,
too.In time, Werowocomoco is
expected to be one of the most significant places on the John Smith Trail.
The trail, launched in 2006, is a collection of land- and water-based sites
that follow the route of Smith’s explorations in the Chesapeake Bay and its
rivers in the early 1600s.
Artifacts indicate the core of the
inhabited site covered approximately
50 acres, but the purchase includes
buffer areas to preserve the largely
undisturbed landscape. An 18-month
planning process, slated to begin later
this year, will tackle questions about
the site’s future.
Lara Lutz is a writer and editor
who specializes in the environment,
heritage, and outdoors enjoyment of
the Chesapeake region. Distributed
by the Bay Journal News Service.
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Urbanna Founders’ Day event set
MIDDLESEX—The 3rd annual Urbanna Founders’ Day Celebration will
be held Saturday, September 3, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
While many details are still being finalized, the Moody Crewe Pirates will
be featured all day with a pirate school, black powder cannons and various
shenanigans. Other children’s activities are being formulated.
Also featured will be a unique Urbanna play about the jailing of John
Waller, an 18th-century Baptist preacher, written by Middlesex resident Barbara Lovelace. John Mitchell will be in costume at the Urbanna Museum and
Visitors Center to talk about his famous 1763 map.
A town cryer will ring his bell and announce events of the day.
The Founders’ Day Committee is seeking street musicians and colonial
craftsmen to round out the event and interested persons may call 832-9934.
Historic tours on a trolley will be narrated by historian and author Larry
Chowning. There will be two tours, one in the morning and another in the
afternoon. Tickets will be sold for the tour. All other activities are free to the
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Live entertainment subject to change without notice.
Paint Like the Masters
workshop set for Aug. 19
LANCASTER—Artist Johnny
Hayes, a Rappahannock Art
League
(RAL) exhibitor and
instructor, will lead Paint Like the
Master—Johnny! from 6:30 to 8
p.m. on Friday, August 19, at the
Street, Kilmarnock.
His paintings are reminiscent
of Matisse and other painters of
that genre, but with a 21st-century
whimsy, reported Ann Cotter.
Hayes grew up in Hampton and
graduated from the University of
North Carolina. He served in the U.S.
Army and graduated from the New
York School of Interior Design in
New York City.
He started painting late into retirement and has exhibited and won
awards at the RAL, Hampton Art
League, Virginia Watercolor Society,
Central Virginia Watercolor Society,
the Williamsburg Contemporary Art
Center, the Hampton Bay Days Show
and the Hampton Roads Convention
Center Halls of Art.
Hayes noted he has “eventually
come to realize that acrylic paint is
the medium for me and I particularly
like painting still lifes, landscapes,
abstracts and figurative work.
“Color and design are the driving
forces along with flattening the pic-
Johnny Hayes will lead an upcoming workshop at the Rappahannock Art
League Studio Gallery.
ture plane and using mostly opaque
paint. I use pure color with very little
mixing and enjoy a casual contemporary expressive style,” he said. “Art
Happens—sometimes!”
The workshop is for painters and
non-painters as well. Patrons may
bring a favorite libation. The fee is
$30 for RAL members and $35 for
others.
To register, visit the gallery, or call
436-9309.
Children’s programs set at Middlesex libraries
MIDDLESEX—The Middlesex County Public
Library offers special programs throughout the
summer for all ages. Performers and entertainers from
all over the state come to Middlesex to entertain children and adults and these performances are free.
The next performer of the library’s special summer
program will be magician Wes Iseli, who will perform
magic and illusion with doves and rabbits at 2 p.m. on
Friday, July 29, at the Middlesex YMCA.
The grande finale will be on Wednesday, August 10,
at 10 a.m. at the Urbanna Branch. Everyone who par-
ticipated in the Summer Reading Program will receive
a free book. Top winners in each age group will be
announced and receive a special prize. Refreshments
will be served at this event.
For more information, call the Urbanna Branch at
758-5717 or the Deltaville Branch at 776-7362.
Also, on every Tuesday at the Deltaville Branch
and every Wednesday at the Urbanna Branch, children
may come from 2-3 p.m. to participate in the “Paws
to Read” program and read to dogs. Call to reserve a
time.
August 2016
Rivah • 11
Rivah Music
unwind
o avoid disappointment, call
the numbers where indicated to verify dates and times
of events. All area codes are
(804) unless otherwise listed.
T
Saturday, August 6
Ongoing events
Thursdays
Shaggin’, 6 p.m. free lessons,
7 p.m. dancing. KC’s Crabs and
Cues, 10428 Jessie Ball duPont
Memorial Highway, Kilmarnock.
Shag, line dancing. 435-7665.
On The Rise Performers,
7-9 p.m. Willaby’s on the
Rappahannock, 327 Old Ferry
Road, White Stone. 435-0000.
Fridays
Paige Melton, 6-9 p.m. Thai
Pot, 36 North Main Street,
Kilmarnock. 436-8424.
Southern Grace, a country gospel band from the Shenandoah Valley, will return Saturday, August 20, to the
Music by the River stage at Belle Isle State Park in Lancaster. Their annual Northern Neck tour also will
include concerts Friday, August 19, at the Trinity Episcopal Church pavilion in Lancaster and Sunday, August
21, at the White Stone Church of the Nazarene in White Stone.
Honky-Tonk Heroes, 8 p.m.midnight, Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department Crab Feast,
Deltaville Firehouse. 776-9753.
Oren Polk, 4 p.m. Dockside
Restaurant & Tiki Bar, 1787
Castlewood Drive, Colonial
Beach. 224-8726.
Pianist George Warren, 7 p.m.
Good Luck Cellars, 1025 Good
Luck Road, Kilmarnock.
Just Push Play, 7 p.m. The
Black Pearl Tiki Bar, High
Tides on the Potomac, 205
Taylor Street, Colonial Beach.
224-8433.
Crushing Day, 9 p.m. Dockside
Beach. 224-8726.
Sunday, August 7
Saturdays
Live Music, 6:30 p.m. Northern Neck Burger Company, 62
Irvington, Road, Kilmarnock.
577-4400.
Sundays
Sunday Funday/Live Music,
11 a.m.-7 p.m. Dockside Restaurant & Tiki Bar, 1787 Castlewood
Drive, Colonial Beach. 224-8726.
Pat Moore, 5-8 p.m. KC’s
Crabs & Cues, 10428 Jessie
Ball DuPont Memorial Highway,
Kilmarnock. 435-7665.
Thursday, July 28
Matt Via, 7-11 p.m., Captain’s
Grill, Lowery’s Restaurant,
Tappahannock.
Friday, July 29
Out on a Limb, 7:30-10:30
p.m., Something Different restaurant, Virginia Street, Urbanna.
758-8000.
Tara Mills & Jimmy Stelling, 7-10 p.m. Willaby’s on
the Rappahannock, 327 Old
Ferry Road, White Stone. Original
Mountain Americana. 435-0000.
Sweet Justice, 7-10:30
p.m. Savannah Joe’s, 55
Irvington Road, Kilmarnock.
$5. 435-6000.
Roadducks, 7 p.m. The Black
Pearl Tiki Bar, High Tides on the
Potomac, 205 Taylor Street,
Colonial Beach. 224-8433.
Clayton Neal, 7:30-10 p.m.
Sunset, Moonshine & Music,
Tides Inn, 480 King Carter Drive,
Irvington. 438-4489.
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August 2016
Buckshot, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Captain’s Grill, Lowery’s Restaurant,
Tappahannock.
Tom Euler Trio, 8-11 p.m., The
Happy Oyster, 14761 George
Washington Memorial Hwy.,
Glenns, Gloucester County.
Saturday, July 30
Country Beach Music/Salute
To Jimmy Buffett, 8-10 p.m.,
Mathews High School auditorium, featuring Donk’s Theater
performers. 725-9685.
Urban Hill, 8 p.m., Southwind
Pizza, Mathews Court House.
725-2766.
The Dove Brothers and The
Knotwater Band, 11 a.m.-8
p.m. Farnham Country Fair,
Commonwealth Assisted Living
at Farnham, 511 Cedar Grove
Road, Farnham. 394-2102, Ext.
203
Southern Bred, 5-9 p.m.
Colonial Beach Volunteer Fire Department, 312 Colonial Avenue,
Colonial Beach. All-You-Can-Eat
Steamed Shrimp Feast, food, 3-7
p.m. $40 per person. Purchase
advance tickets at cbvfd.net.
Bill & Pam Gurley, 6-8 p.m.
Belle Isle State Park, 1632 Belle
Isle Road, Lancaster. $4 parking
fee. Americana, folk. 462-5030.
HonkeyTonk Heroes, 6-10 p.m.
KC’s at Windmill Point Marina,
40 Windjammer Lane, White
Stone. 577-4184.
Comeback Iris, 7 p.m. The
Black Pearl Tiki Bar, High
224-8433.
Something Different, 7:30-10
p.m. Sunset, Moonshine & Music, Tides Inn, 480 King Carter
Drive, Irvington. 438-4489.
Salty Dawgs Acoustic, 8-11
p.m. Windows on the Water, Yankee Point Marina, 1303 Oak Hill
Road, Lancaster. Paradise party.
$5. 462-7635, 462-7018.
Sweet Justice, 8 p.m. Tim’s at
Coles Point, Coles Point Marina,
Hague.
Jackson Ward, 9 p.m. Dockside
Beach. 224-8726.
Sunday, July 31
Cameron Ashton, 11 a.m.
Dockside Restaurant & Tiki Bar,
1787 Castlewood Drive, Colonial
Beach. 224-8726.
Blues Flash, 3 p.m. The Black
Trey Schneider, 3 p.m.
Beach. 224-8726.
Tuesday, August 2
U.S. Air Force Heritage of
America “Rhythm in Blue”
Jazz Ensemble, 6:30 p.m., Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown. Free.
Bring lawn chairs. 757-890-3500
or visityorktown.org.
Wednesday, August 3
Out On A Limb, 7:30-10 p.m.
Thursday, August 4
Chad Mossem, 7-11 p.m., Captain’s Grill, Lowery’s Restaurant,
Tappahannock.
Friday, August 5
Mike Leverone, 6-10 p.m.
Beach. 224-8726.
Ray Pittman, 7-10:30 p.m. Savannah Joe’s, 55 Irvington Road,
Kilmarnock. $5. 435-6000.
Fillmore, 7-10 p.m. Willaby’s
on the Rappahannock, 327
Old Ferry Road, White Stone.
435-0000.
Turtle Recall, 7 p.m. The Black
The Tides Rose, 7:30-10 p.m.
Lazy Man Dub Band, 6-9:30
p.m., West Point Town Square
at 8th and 9th streets between
Main and Kirby streets. Part of
the Jammin on the Point Summer
Concert Series. Free. Bring lawn
chairs; food and beverages will
be available.
Andrew MaGruder & Friends,
5-8 p.m., Garrett’s Marina, Route
17, Essex County, 5 miles south
of Tappahannock. Part of Wine
On The Water music series to
benefit Ledwith-Lewis Free Health
Clinic in Tappahannock. Light
food. $10 per person, which
includes first drink. 443-9590.
Rockin Roger, Noon-3 p.m.
Beach. 224-8726.
Mercy Creek, 3-6 p.m. KC’s
at Windmill Point Marina, 40
Windjammer Lane, White Stone.
577-4184.
Jerry Wimmer Trio, 3 p.m.
Beach. 224-8726.
Sweet Suzi Blues, 3 p.m.
The Black Pearl Tiki Bar, High
224-8433.
Tuesday, August 9
U.S. Fleet Forces “Four Star
Edition” Band, 6:30 p.m., Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown. Free.
Bring lawn chairs. 757-890-3500
or visityorktown.org.
Chris Stanley, 7:30-10 p.m.
Thursday, August 11
Derek Moore, 7-11 p.m., Captain’s Grill, Lowery’s Restaurant,
Tappahannock.
Friday, August 12
Filmore, 7:30-10:30 p.m.,
Something Different restaurant, Virginia Street, Urbanna.
758-8000.
Robbie Booth, 6-10 p.m.
Music
Beach. 224-8726.
Itchy Dog, 7-10 p.m. Willaby’s
on the Rappahannock, 327
Old Ferry Road, White Stone.
435-0000.
Three Days Of Rain, 7 p.m.
224-8433.
DJ Chad Rock, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.,
Captain’s Grill, Lowery’s Restaurant, Tappahannock.
Cameron Ashton, 11 a.m.-3
p.m. Dockside Restaurant & Tiki
Bar, 1787 Castlewood Drive,
Richie Beard, 3-6 p.m. KC’s
577-4184.
Gracie Curran & The High
Falutin’ Band, 3 p.m. The Black
Delta Spur, 3 p.m. Dockside
Beach. 224-8726.
Saturday, August 13
Tuesday, August 16
Lynda and Richard Smith and
the 7th Street Band, 8-10:30
p.m., Mathews High School auditorium, 9889 Buckley Hall Road.
Sponsored by Donk’s Theater.
$5-$15. 725-9685.
Bluegrass and Country Music
Jam, 7-10 p.m., Urbanna
Firehouse. Free admission.
Covered dish snacks shared at
intermission.
The River Boyz, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.,
Captain’s Grill, Lowery’s Restaurant, Tappahannock.
Mixed Grill, 8 p.m., Southwind
Pizza, Mathews Court House.
725-2766.
Paige Melton, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Urbanna Farmers Market, Taber
Park, Urbanna. Free. 758-2613.
Stuck On A Name, 6-8 p.m.
Belle Isle State Park, 1632 Belle
Isle Road, Lancaster. $4 parking
fee. Reggae. 462-5030.
Nighthawks, 7 p.m. The Black
River Rox, 7:30-10 p.m.
Salty Dawgs Acoustic, 8-11
p.m. Windows on the Water,
Yankee Point Marina, 1303 Oak
Hill Road, Lancaster. Pirates
costume party. $5. 462-7635,
462-7018.
Beer Money, 8 p.m. Bay Bash
Family Fishing Tournament &
Benefit Concert, Ingram Bay
Marina, 545 Harveys Neck Road,
Wicomico Church. To benefit
Northumberland Mid-County
Volunteer Rescue Squad. 5807292, ingrambaymarina.com.
Burnt Sienna, 9 p.m. Dockside
Beach. 224-8726.
U.S. Air Force Heritage of
American “Blue Aces,” 6:30
p.m., Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown. Free. Bring lawn chairs.
757-890-3500 or visityorktown.
org.
Sunday, August 14
Mike Jorgenson, 7:30-10 p.m.
Moonshine & Music, Tides Inn,
438-4489.
Cobalt Whiskey Band, 5-7
p.m., Upper King and Queen
Ruritan Club building. Part of
the Cumnor Hunt Club Seafood
Feast. 363-5296.
7 p.m. The Black Pearl Tiki Bar,
High Tides on the Potomac, 205
224-8433.
Good Shot Judy, 7:30-10 p.m.
Sunday, August 21
Saturday, August 27
Southern Grace, 9:30 a.m.
White Stone Church of the
Nazarene, 57 Whisk Drive, White
Stone. Gospel, contemporary
Christian. 462-5030.
Rockin Roger, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Mercy Creek featuring Cheryl and Dockside Restaurant & Tiki Bar,
Jim Ball of Weems will perform 1787 Castlewood Drive, Colonial
from 3-6 p.m. Sundays, August 7 Beach. 224-8726.
and 21 at KC’s at Windmill Point Mercy Creek, 3-6 p.m. KC’s
Marina, 40 Windjammer Lane, at Windmill Point Marina, 40
White Stone.
577-4184.
Doug Parks & the Lonewolves, 3 p.m. The Black Pearl
rant, Tappahannock.
Tiki Bar, High Tides on the
JNM, 6-9:30 p.m., West Point
Town Square at 8th and 9th
streets between Main and Kirby
Practically Einstein, 3 p.m.
streets. Part of the Jammin on
the Point Summer Concert Series. Free. Bring lawn chairs; food 1787 Castlewood Drive, Colonial
Beach. 224-8726.
and beverages will be available.
Bill and Pam Gurley, 1:30-4
p.m., Brent and Becky’s Bulbs,
Gloucester. Benefit concert for
the Dental Clinic. Food and drinks
for sale.
Blue Line Highway, 8 p.m.,
Southwind Pizza, Mathews Court
House. 725-2766.
Ryan Sheperd & Richtown,
7 p.m. The Black Pearl Tiki Bar,
224-8433.
Chris Stanley, 7:30-10 p.m.
Knot Water, 8-11 p.m. Windows on the Water, Yankee
Point Marina, 1303 Oak Hill
Road, Lancaster. $5. 462-7635,
462-7018.
Saturday, August 20
Tuesday, August 23
Sunday, August 28
The Voo-Doo Dolls, 7-9 p.m.,
Urbanna Town Marina. Part of the
Music Under The Stars concert
series. Free. Bring lawn chairs
or blankets. Food available.
758-2613.
Mullins Sisters, 7-9 p.m., Arts
Gloucester Court House. $18.
Cash bar and food available.
Gloucesterarts.org or 824-9464.
Summer Cheers With The Big
3, 5-10 p.m. Allure Art Center,
419 Rappahannock Drive, White
Stone. Bands: Pretty Heavy,
Stuck on A Name, Beer Money.
$10. Food truck on site. Beer
and wine for sale.
Greg Barrick Acoustic, 4 p.m.
Beach. 224-8726.
Southern Grace, 6-8 p.m. Belle
Road, Lancaster. $4 parking fee.
Gospel, contemporary Christian.
462-5030.
Smitty’s Doghouse Of Blues,
6:30-8 p.m. Music on the Cliffs,
Cliff Road, Montross. 493-8821.
Dave Cynar Band, 7 p.m.
224-8433.
McBeth, 7:30-10 p.m. Sunset,
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band “TRADOC Jazz Combo,” 6:30 p.m.,
Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown.
Free. Bring lawn chairs. 757-8903500 or visityorktown.org.
Cameron Ashton, 11 a.m.-3
p.m. Dockside Restaurant & Tiki
Bar, 1787 Castlewood Drive,
Richie Beard, 3-6 p.m. KC’s
577-4184.
Biscuit Miller & The Mix, 3
p.m. The Black Pearl Tiki Bar,
224-8433.
Unchained, 3 p.m. Dockside
Beach. 224-8726.
Thursday, August 18
Kris Scott, 7-11 p.m., Captain’s
Grill, Lowery’s Restaurant,
Tappahannock.
Friday, August 19
Itchy Dog, 7:30-10:30 p.m.,
Something Different restaurant, Virginia Street, Urbanna.
758-8000.
Small Town, 6-10 p.m. Dockside
Beach. 224-8726.
Southern Grace, 6-8 p.m. Trinity
Episcopal Church, 8484 Mary
Ball Road, Lancaster.
Turtle Recall, 7-10:30 p.m. Savannah Joe’s, 55 Irvington Road,
Kilmarnock. $5. 435-6000.
Out On A Limb, 7-10 p.m. Willaby’s on the Rappahannock,
327 Old Ferry Road, White
Stone. 435-0000.
Dave Cynar Band, 7 p.m.
224-8433.
Ron Courtney, 7:30-10 p.m.
Kleptoradio, 9 p.m. Dockside
Beach. 224-8726.
Tail Gate Down, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.,
Captain’s Grill, Lowery’s Restau-
Larry & Toby, 6 p.m., Colonial
Courthouse Lawn, Gloucester
Court House. Free. Bring lawn
chairs or blankets. 693-2355.
Thursday, August 25
Chris Pearson, 7-11 p.m., Captain’s Grill, Lowery’s Restaurant,
Tappahannock.
Friday, August 26
Steve Jarrell & The Sons of
The Beach, 6-10 p.m. Dockside
Beach. 224-8726.
James Justin & Co., 7-10:30
p.m. Savannah Joe’s, 55
Irvington Road, Kilmarnock.
$5. 435-6000.
Haze & Dacy, 7-10 p.m. Willaby’s on the Rappahannock,
327 Old Ferry Road, White
Stone. 435-0000.
Ryan Sheperd & Richtown,
Clayton Neal, 7:30-10 p.m.
Sweet Justice, 8 p.m., Grey’s
Point Camp, Route 3, Topping.
Tom Euler Trio, 8-10 p.m.,
Patriot’s Grill, Gloucester. Part of
the Mathews/Gloucester Care
Clinic Summer Concert Series.
Send Northern Neck music events to
[email protected]. Send Middle
Peninsula music events to
[email protected]
August 2016
Rivah • 13
Military Band Concert Series
begins August 2 in Yorktown
YORKTOWN—York County is
excited to partner with the USAF
Heritage of America Band, the
U.S. Fleet Forces Band, and the
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine
Command Band in presenting the
Military Band Concert Series this
August at Riverwalk Landing in
historic Yorktown.
The shows will take place on the
performance stage overlooking the
York River.
The series will be held on Tuesdays from August 2 through 23. Concerts will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and/or lawn chairs for seating.
The series kicks off on Tuesday,
August 2, with the U.S. Air Force
Heritage of America “Rhythm in
Blue” Jazz Ensemble. This highly
versatile jazz, blues and funk group
prides itself on covering 70 years
of American music from contemporary jazz artist Chick Corea, The
Yellowjackets, Chaka Khan and
Herbie Hancock, to big band greats
Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington,
Ella Fitzgerald and Glenn Miller.
The concert series continues on
Tuesday, August 9, with the U.S.
Fleet Forces “Four Star Edition”
Band from Norfolk. The U.S. Fleet
Forces Band is the musical representative for the commander U.S.
Fleet Forces Command, and is
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foreign dignitaries, and many community relations events.
The third installment of the
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Force Heritage of American “Blue
Aces” band. This group takes great
pride in its specialized, high-energy
performances that feature a wide
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styles. The group performs annually for thousands of military and
civilian audience members in settings ranging from small official
dinners to large festivals.
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the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine
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Combo” on Tuesday, August 23. This
group will entertain all audiences
with the classics, ballads, blues, soul,
and contemporary tunes.
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MIDDLESEX—On
Saturday July 30, The Middlesex
County Literary Union and the
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32 local churches in the community, will sponsor a “Unity
World Festival” on the grounds
of the Middlesex Volunteer Fire
Department in Urbanna.
The purpose of the event,
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coordinator Lew Belcher. It is emphasis on gospel music. Several local church choirs and
well-known local gospel singer
George Robinson from First
Baptist Church of Amburg will
be among those featured.
There also will be food vendors, healthcare programs, recreation for children, youth and
teen activities, senior-citizen
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1. Summer fun on Mosquito Creek beach. Photo by
Sheila Broderick Brown
2. Two-year-old Gunnar Anthony is so excited
about catching his first fish with his grandpa Mike
Anthony at The Landing at Windmill Point. He and his
parents, Renee and Craig Anthony, were visiting from
Charleston, SC. Photo by Karen Anthony
3. Gymnast Sophie Sherrod strikes a pose in Deltaville.
Photo by Monica Sherrod
4. Cousins Michael Bannister and Thomas Shaia gave
a kiss to the first fish of the day aboard the Miss Linda.
Photo by Linda Bannister
5. Twins Nick and Niel Smith showed off their new
fishing rods. Photo by Tina Smith
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9. Thomas Walker cradles his one month old grandson
Lawton Turner at sunset on his dock in Jamaica in
Middlesex County. Photo by Lauren Turner
10. From left, cousins Thomas Shaia, Molly Bannister,
Anna Grace Shaia and Michael Bannister relax on the
tube. Photo by Claire Shaia
11. One-year-old Blake Czuprynko plays in the sand
at his grandparent’s home on Porpoise Cove. He was
visiting from Baraboo, Wisconsin. Photo by Linda Bartz
12. Sam Mead enjoys the beach at Grey’s Point
Camp. Photo by Susan Amos
13. Mike Currie showed off a cobia caught off Gwynns
Island pier. Photo by Shelby Currie
14. Tabbs Creek sunset. Photo by Jim Dail
6. Trevor Isemann enjoyed an ice cream cone with his
grandmother Crystal Sarvay at Bush Park Camping
Resort. Photo by John Sarvay.
7. Rappahannock River reflections in White Stone.
Photo by Dr. Elizabeth Lee
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15. Two-year-old Maya Hotra rides her inflatable jet
ski. Photo by Donna Wyckoff
16. Kent Gray, Amanda Cooper, Logan Cooper and
Chuck Cooper kayak on the Dragon Run. Photo by
Doris Gray
8. Time for a dip in Deltaville. Photo by Monica Sherrod
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17. Christine and Hunter Woods
enjoy the sunset on Cabin Point.
Photo by Sammi Woods
18. An eagle looks out over the
Piankatank River. Photo by Doris
Gray
19. Jordan Dail goes evening
fishing on Tabbs Creek. Photo by
Jim Dail
20. From left, Garrett and Charlie
Reichart display a little brotherly
love while playing on the beach
on the Rappahannock River.
Photo by Carolyn Bischoff
21. Swimming with the dolphins
on the Potomac River. Photo by
Casey Young
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22. Tina Smith celebrated a
beautiful sunset on Father’s Day
on the Rappahannock River in
Tappahanock. Photo by Dee Love
23. Sisters Casey and Sarah
Young enjoyed an afternoon of
fun in the sun on the Potomac
River in Lewisetta. Photo by Andy
Young
24. Bethel Beach sunrise at
Onemo. Photo by Scott Phillips
25. The Virginia Marine Police
kept Casey, Sarah and Drew
Young safe on the Potomac River
at Lewisetta. Photo by Andy
Young.
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The Antique and Classic Car Round-up will be held August 20 in
conjunction with the Heathsville Farmers Market.
Cruise to the Heathsville
Farmers Market is Aug. 20
NORTHUMBERLAND—The Heathsville Farmers Market on
August 20 will showcase antique and classic cars. The market will be
held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the grounds of Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s
Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville.
Local members of the Antique Automobile Club of America and the
Northern Neck Corvette Club will cruise in to show their vehicles, said
market manager Corinne Becker. Private individuals are also invited to
display their vehicles in the Antique and Classic Car Round-up.
The public will be asked to vote for their favorite vehicle and the
owner winning this “people’s choice award” will receive a special
prize, said Becker.
The market will offer produce, meat, goat cheese, eggs, oyster floats,
flowers, nursery plants, jewelry, leather crafts and other artisan handcrafts. There are new vendors at every market, said Becker.
The Heritage Arts Center gift shop will be open. Shoppers will find
locally-made artisan wares for sale, as well as active studios, she said.
Artisits will be demonstrating in their studios.
The tavern is home toTavern Quilters, the Tavern Spinners & Weavers, the Tavern Blacksmith Guild and the Tavern Woodworkers.
Breakfast sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecue and beverages will be on sale at the outside food concession. For a leisurely sitdown breakfast or lunch, come inside the Tavern Restaurant, she said.
At 1:30 p.m., the Tavern Quilt Guild will hold its annual Bingo for
Quilts event. Players may buy packets of 20 bingo sheets for $20 and
enjoy the excitement of an old-fashioned game of bingo. Prizes are
quilted items made by guild members. The bingo event will be inside
the Transportation Museum.
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LANCASTER—Historic Christ
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Church Road, Weems, will host
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p.m. on Saturday, August 6.
Fun activities for the whole
family will include colonial
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The working water women
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Above, Lisa Rose (left) works with her father and brother culling oysters in the Rappahannock River. She wears a pink hat to let other oystermen
know there is a woman onboard.
by Larry Chowning
Lisa Rose, Ida Hall and Tammy Croxton work the water as commercial “fisher
women” on the Chesapeake Bay. All
three do it for different reasons, and one
common reason—they love it!
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ing on if the crabs were running or there were oysters to
harvest.
“I realized the beauty of the business on October 20,
isa Rose, 40, is a fifth generation of a Northern Neck 2014 when my father and brother took me out oystering,”
family that has worked the water. Two years ago she said Lisa. “We were dredging on grounds that my father had
got her commercial fishing card to oyster with her father, worked years ago with his father. The grounds had been dry
Lacy Rose Jr., and brother, Shaun Rose, on the deadrise for years. When we started bringing up oysters, Daddy got
workboat Miss Lindsay. They work out of Reedville.
tears in his eyes from seeing oysters on grounds that he and
“When I was growing up I hated being a watermen’s his father had worked. That moment enlightened me.”
daughter,” she said. “We were either rich or poor, dependSince the 2014 season, Lisa has been working alongside
Lisa Rose
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Above, Ida Hall and her two dogs work with a 85-pot commercial crab pot license out of Jarvis Creek. (Photo by Larry Chowning)
her father and brother during oyster season. She also has
become an advocate of commercial watermen and, along
with several other watermen, has founded a new watermen’s association, Watermen of Virginia Engaged (WAVE).
WAVE’s main purpose is to change the public’s perspective of working watermen, said Rose. “The perspective of
watermen by some people is not what we are,” she said.
“Most watermen understand completely the significance of
being responsible and obeying laws that conserve and protect our natural resources. We understand that in order for
us to continue to work the water generationally we have to
obey the laws. The boys (watermen) have a lot of pride and
grit. They don’t go out there just to make a dollar. They love
what they are doing and see it as a lifetime career.”
Lisa and others with WAVE are trying to partner with
the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) and
other conservation groups in an effort “to save the bay” and
help define the waterman’s role in this effort.
When working the water, Lisa wears a pink hat to let the
men know there is a woman onboard. “The men in the boats
are not always used to seeing a woman working the water,”
she said. “I like to let them know I’m around just to avoid
occasional remarks that come across the radio when they
think there are only men around,” she said with a chuckle.
She noted that the average age of a Virginia waterman is
64. “I feel it is important for my generation to get involved
in keeping our life, culture and heritage alive,” she said. “I
plan on working hard on the water, and off the water as an
advocate for our way of life.”
Ida Hall
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da Hall works out of Jarvis Creek, a small tributary at
the mouth of Dividing Creek that opens up into Chesapeake Bay. She fishes crab pots by herself with an 85-pot
license.
Ida has worked the water for over 30 years and, in her
early years, that soft voice of hers quietly urging the preservation of the bay’s fisheries and environment was listened to
by mostly wind and tide.
Of late, and after years of persistence, that’s changed! Ida
Our lives and livelihoods are not governed by the hours on
a clock or watch, but by the rules of nature.” —Ida Hall
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Tammy Croxton and her husband Mike oyster in this aluminum Chesapeake Bay deadrise built in 1982 by Caddie Carrington and John Fowler. The boat was built on North End Road
near Amburg, just west of Deltaville. Pictured above in the boat are Tammy Croxton (left) and Ida Hall.
is an advocate of commercial fishing and is a member of
the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, a commission
charged with regulating and sustaining the recreational and
commercial fisheries of the Potomac River.
She is also secretary for the Virginia Waterman’s Association and a member of the Virginia Blue Crab Industry
Panel, a panel composed of watermen and people in the
industry devoted to making the blue crab fishery sustainable.
Ida’s interest as an advocate of the bay and commercial
fishing goes back to her childhood and love of her family
and their Bluff Point farm on Jarvis Creek. Growing up,
she visited grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins in sum-
mers and holidays while visiting the Northern Neck from
her home in Danville.
Her cousin, Hal Hall, and other relatives were commercial fishermen, working pound nets, crab pots and oystering. When visiting, Ida would go out fishing with Hal and
she fell in love with the way of life.
Her father was a doctor and she grew up a doctor’s
daughter, graduating from Danville High School and from
the College of William and Mary in 1972 with a psychology degree.
“I always loved the water, especially the Chesapeake
Bay,” said Ida. “I fell in love with the waterman’s way of
life that was so connected to and revolved around the rise
and fall of the tides, the phases of the moon, the direction
of wind, and the sunrises and sunsets. Our lives and livelihoods are not governed by the hours on a clock or watch,
but by the rules of nature,” she said.
In June of 1997 Ida caught the eye of Delegate Tayloe
Murphy and Delegate Albert Pollard when she wrote a
Letter to the Editor that appeared in two local newspapers.
It was titled: “Crab potter troubled by new waterfront attitude.” Her continued willingness to battle for her beliefs
led to a phone call in September of 2002 from the Virginia
Secretary of the Commonwealth, who asked Ida to serve
as one of the state’s commissioners on the Potomac River
Fisheries Commission.
“I feel it is important for my generation to get involved in keeping our
life, culture and heritage alive. I plan on working hard on the water, and
off the water as an advocate for our way of life.” —Lisa Carol Rose
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“Personally, I don’t think the majority of the people love
our coast and our waterways enough,” said Ida. “I believe
it will be the passionate voices of the Chesapeake Bay
watermen and fishermen nationwide, who love the water
and working on it, who will demand that our workplace be
productive, clean, profitable and sustainable.”
Tammy Croxton
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roxton Seafood is just a few miles outside of
Kilmarnock, between Barnes and Henrys creeks,
and is a family business. Tammy and her husband Mike
work hand in hand to run the business, started by Mike’s
parents, Alice and Mike Croxton Sr.
“I married into the business,” Tammy said. “It seems
women are not often in this type of business unless they
grow up in it or marry into it.”
Alice and Mike Sr. used to run Mike’s Seafood in
Kilmarnock before fast-food places popped up throughout town. Tammy met Mike Jr. working at the family restaurant. “I started at the restaurant, but when they found
out I could clean soft crabs I ended up at the crab house,”
she said.
Tammy was 16 years old when she and Mike Jr. started
dating. “Mike had to have me home at a certain time and
he would always come to the crab house to fish the floats
right at the end of our date. I think that’s why he married
me . . . because I knew how to fish the floats,” she said.
“None of his other dates could catch onto it.”
During crabbing season, Tammy does most of the
shore work but will, on occasion, go out and fish peeler
traps and cull crabs. “I try to stay off the boats. I really
don’t mind culling peelers but I don’t like hard crabs,”
she said. “They bite harder.”
Tammy grew up in Weems where her father was a car-
penter while also working some crab pots and gill nets.
“I ate a lot of seafood growing up and my favorite fish is
sugar toad,” she said.
In the wintertime, Tammy goes out with Mike Jr. to
either patent tong or hand dredge for oysters on public
and private oyster grounds. “I work right alongside Mike,
and we go out on the water in the worst of conditions.”
Oystermen in wooden deadrise boats are not always
able to go out and work when there is a skim of ice on
the water. “Our aluminum boat cuts right through the ice.
There are cold winter days when we are one of the only
boats working. What I like most about our boat is that is
has a very warm cabin,” said Tammy, who is treasurer of
the Virginia Watermen’s Association.
“Working the water really is a good life and I wouldn’t
want to be doing anything else,” she said. “The water
and bay have been good to us, and I’m very thankful for
that.”
“I married into the business. It seems women are
not often in this type of
business unless they grow
up in it or marry into it.”
—Tammy Croxton
Ida Hall (right) crab pots commercially during the season and
sells her crabs to Tammy Croxton (left) of Croxton Seafood
in Kilmarnock. Hall and Croxton are active in the politics of
the seafood business. Hall is a member of the Potomac River
Fisheries Commission and secretary of the Virginia Watermen’s
Association (VWA). Croxton oysters with her husband in the
winter and is treasurer of VWA. (Photo by Larry Chowning)
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Tappahannock
443-2131
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9737 Cook’s Landing Rd.
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642-6177
On Perrin River off York River.
Yamaha dealer, Valvtect gas,
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Gloucester Point
642-4360
On Sarah’s Creek off the York
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642-2156
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piers provide overnight stays Irvington
438-5353
or daytrip dockage. Electrical, Located on Carter’s Creek. Full
water, and sewer pump-out are service boatyard for power and
available. The concrete floating sail. 30-ton travel lift, carpentry
pier system allows for a con- and engine shop. Paint shed for
stant 28” above-water eleva- Awlgrip/restoration
projects.
tion. The pier width is 20 feet. Slips, dry storage, restrooms
The depths at dockside range and showers.
from 27’ to 50’ on well over
1,000 feet of dock frontage QGreenvale Creek
space. A second pier is located Greenvale Marina
behind the Riverwalk Restau- 137 Fairweather Ln.
rant. Mooring balls are also Lancaster
462-0646
available. Private shower and Located on Greenvale Creek off
restroom facility.
the Rappahannock River. Covered slips with power & water.
Boat ramp, non-ethanol gaso-
Q East River
Compass Marina
6199 East River Rd.
725-7999
line, fish cleaning station, picnic Mobjack
From East River at Mobjack Bay,
tables and restrooms.
enter at the #5 Daymark. Floating docks, in-slip pumpout, up
QIndian Creek
to twin 50 amp electrical serChesapeake Boat Basin
vice, bathhouse, 17 slips for
1686 Waverly Ave.
Kilmarnock
435-3110 boats up to 50’, dredged to 8’
Gas/diesel, complete ship’s MLW.
store, inboard/outboard engine repairs, Suzuki, Mercury, QMilford Haven
Nauticstar and Boston Whaler Morningstar Marina
dealer, brokerage sales, slips, 249 Mill Point Rd.
725-9343
restrooms, launching ramp, ice Hudgins
Next to the Milford Haven Coast
and swimming pool.
Guard Station, Gwynn’s Island.
Gas and oil, fuel dock depth, 4’.
QMeyer Creek
Engine repairs, bottom painting,
Yankee Point
ship’s store, ice, bait and fishSailboat Marina
ing supplies. Sewage pumpout,
1303 Oak Hill Rd.
dry storage only. Picnic area,
Lancaster 462-7635
In Ottoman near the Merry Point bathhouse, rental apartment.
Ferry. Gas/diesel, pumpout,
restaurant, swimming pool, QNorth River
boat brokerage, rental cottag- Mobjack Bay Marina
es, ship’s store, repairs, slips, 454 Marina Rd.
North
725-7245
restrooms, ramp.
On Blackwater Creek near marker #2. Gas, diesel, fuel dock,
QRappahannock River
low tide depth—4’. Primarily
Windmill Point Marina
a sailboat marina. Repairs to
40 Windjammer Ln.
White Stone
436-1818 hulls, electrical systems, minor
Fuel docks, deep water slips. engine repairs, bottom paintElectric
service,
pumpout, ing. 20-ton travel lift. Dockage,
restrooms, swimming pools boat ramp, dry storage, sewage
and restaurant with tiki bar and pumpout, showers, restrooms,
ship’s store.
grill.
Mathews
QDavis Creek
The Marina on Davis Creek
QQueen’s Creek
Queen’s Creek Marina
321 Walnut Acres Ln.
26 f
August 2016
Rivah • 25
Marinas
f 25
Hudgins
240-8670
Sail and powerboat slips, some
covered, electric, fresh water.
Clubhouse, restrooms, showers, ice, covered picnic area,
play area, fish cleaning station,
pumpout station. Land boat/
trailer storage.
Middlesex
QBroad Creek
Chesapeake Cove Marina
170 Greens Cove Rd.
Deltaville
776-6855
Gas and diesel fuel, sewage
pumpout, ship’s store, hull and
engine repair, restrooms, travel
lift and prop service. Powerboat
sales.
Coastal Marine Inc.
160 Dockside Dr.
Deltaville
776-6585
Full service boatyard for power
and sail, 50-ton travel-lift, engine and mechanical shop,
specializes in repair of Mercury
outboards, Crusader engines
repair and service.
Deltaville Yachting Center
18355 Gen. Puller Hwy.
Deltaville
776-9898
Gas, ship’s store, clubhouse,
pool, hull refinishing/painting,
engine repairs and installation,
full rigging service, a/c and
heat install and repair, boatel,
yard storage, slips, forklift,
50-ton travel lift. Chesapeake
Yacht Sales; dealer for Catalina yachts and Carolina classic
powerboats. Mainship and Albin
specialist. VA clean marina.
Norton Yacht Sales, Inc.
97 Marina Dr.
Deltaville
776-9211
New Jeanneau Sailboats. Very
large inventory of brokerage
sailboats and powerboats. Consecutive Best of the Bay Awardwinning Marine Service Center.
Yanmar dealer and service center. Raymarine dealer and installer. ASA certified Sailing School.
3-7 Day Sailboat Charters. Slips,
fuel, and pumpouts.
Norview Marina
Deltaville
776-6463
Gas and diesel, sewage
pumpout, ship’s store, boatel, hull and engine repair,
restrooms, boat ramp, swimming pool, laundromat, convenience market, travel lift,
forklift, Delta boat sales and
brokerage.
Regatta Point
Yachting Center
137 Neptune Ln.
Deltaville
776-8400
Open and covered slips to 70’,
clubhouse, conference room,
pool, private bathrooms, laundry, pumpout, 30 transient slips
for individuals/groups, wireless
internet access, concrete floating docks.
Rivertime Marina
and Boatyard
141 Hamble Ln.
Deltaville
776-7574
Full service boat yard. 30- ton
travel lift, haul and launch,
quick haul, bottom painting,
engine and transmission repair
and replacements, winterizations, wooden and fiberglass
boat repairs.
Stingray Point Marina
Deltaville
776-7272
200+ annual slips, open and
covered. Swimming pool, ice,
laundry, WiFi, pump out, grills,
playground, clubhouse, 3 bathhouses, pet-friendly. Home of
Stingray Point Lighthouse. No
commercial or transient activity.
Gas and diesel, sewage
pumpout,
ship’s
store,
restrooms, swimming pool,
laundromat,
yacht
repair
services.
manufacturing.
QUrbanna Creek
Dozier’s Port Urbanna
Yachting Center
1 Waterfront St.
Urbanna
758-0000
Hull
and
engine
repair,
restrooms, outside boat storage facilities, limited transient
dockage. Groceries and downtown Urbanna within walking
distance. Covered slips to 70’
and 40-ton lift.
QLaGrange Creek
Remlik Marina
485 Burch Rd.
Walden’s Marina
Urbanna
758-5450
1224 Timberneck Rd.
Full-service boatyard, hull and
Deltaville
776-9440 engine repairs, ship’s store,
75 covered and open boat pumpout, 30-ton travel lift,
slips, ship’s store, gas and die- swimming pool, restrooms, onsel fuel, restrooms, pumpout shore winter storage, gas, 99
Urbanna Creek Marina
facility, full-service boatyard, covered slips.
at the Bridge
hull and engine repair, ice, tran10 Watling St.
sient space, travel lift.
QLocklies Creek
Urbanna
(540) 226-5357
Regent Point Marina
Adjacent to Urbanna Creek
QFishing Bay
and Boatyard
Bridge. 44 slips, fuel, bath and
Chesapeake Boat Works
317 Regent Point Dr.
548 Deagles Rd.
Topping
758-4457 shower facilities, restaurant acDeltaville
776-8833 Trawlers welcome. Sewage cess, apartment complex for
Ship’s store, hull and engine re- pumpout, restrooms, show- yearly rental.
pair, restrooms, travel lift, rail- ers, boat ramp for leaseholdway, dockage and boat storage. ers, playground, covered picnic Urbanna Town Marina
area, storage lockers, and full 210 Oyster Rd.
758-5440
Fishing Bay Marina
service boatyard including haul- Urbanna
At foot of Virginia St. 32 slips,
519 Deagles Rd.
ing and ground storage.
16 transient. Bath and shower
Deltaville
776-6800
facilities, laundry, bikes and
Gas and diesel, sewage QRappahannock River
golf cart rentals, pumpout stapumpout,
ship’s
store, Boatyard at Christchurch
tion, handicapped accessible.
restrooms, swimming pool, 1228 Crafton Quarter Rd.
laundromat, bicycles, Wi-Fi, Saluda
758-4067
ValvTect marine fuel, floating Boatel, 30-ton travel lift, gas,
and fixed, open and covered dry storage, ship’s store, bait, Northumberland
slips.
bathhouse, launch, ramp, hull QCoan River
Coan River Marina
and mechanical repair.
3170 Lake Rd.
QJackson Creek
Lottsburg
529-6767
Deltaville Boat Yard
QRobinson Creek
Deep water slips with easy ac274 Bucks View Ln.
Sunset Point Marina
cess to bay and river. Gas/dieDeltaville
776-8900 792 Burrell’s Marina Rd.
Hull and engine repair, dry stor- Urbanna
758-5016 sel, sewage pumpout, ship’s
age, fiberglass repair, carpentry 40 slips on Robinson Creek, store, restrooms, full repairs,
work, travel lift, full rigging ser- handmade
rockfish,
floun- 25-ton travelift.
vices, full service yard.
der and trout tackle on sale,
restrooms and bath houses, Lewisetta Marina
Deltaville Marina
pumpout facilities, ramp, picnic 369 Church Ln.
529-7299
274 Bucks View Ln.
tables, ice, gas grills and East Lottsburg
Deltaville
776-9812 Coast houseboats sales and Gas/diesel, pumpout, ship’s
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Marinas
store, ice, hull and engine repair, restrooms, ramp.
QCockrell Creek
Buzzard Point Marina
468 Buzzard Point Rd.
Reedville
453-3545
Restrooms, showers, gas/diesel, ice, pumpout service, 70
in-water slips, dry storage, WiFi, Tangier Island ferry service,
picnic area.
sel, pumpout, ramp, sand
beach, heated pool, laundry,
restrooms/showers, boat with
trailer storage, covered and
open slips, WiFi, transients
welcome.
QTowles Creek
Ingram Bay Marina
545 Harveys Neck Rd.
Heathsville
580-7292
Near Wicomico Church. Covered slips up to 48’, outside
Fairport Marina
slips up to 60’. Transient
252 Polly Cove Rd.
slips, rental cabins, banquet
Fairport
453-5002 facilities. Gas/diesel, sewage
Gas/diesel, ship’s store and pumpout, ship’s store, tackle/
restaurant, restrooms.
bait shop, deep boat ramp,
restrooms, showers, beach.
Reedville Marina
Fishing charters, cruises (din902 Main St.
ner, sunset or destination),
Reedville
453-6789 boat/canoe rentals.
At Crazy Crab on Cockrell Creek,
boat slips, gas/diesel, show- QYeocomico River
ers, pumpout, Wi-Fi, gift shop, Krantz Marine Railway
restaurant with inside/outside 3048 Harryhogan Rd.
dining, 30 and 50 amp electric. Callao
529-6851
Pumpout, ship’s store, hardQGreat Wicomico River
ware and marine supplies
Great Wicomico River
only, hull and engine repair,
Marina
restrooms, slip rentals.
836 Horn Harbor Rd.
Burgess
580-0716
Cockrell’s Marine Railway
309 Railway Dr.
Heathsville
453-3560
Hull and engine repair, sewage
pumpout, ramp.
Smith Point Marina
989 Smith Point Rd.
Reedville
453-4077
Full service, covered and uncovered slips to 50’, gas and
deisel, pumpout, forklift and
12-ton travel lift, boat ramp,
camping, bathhouse, laundry,
ship’s store. Transients welcome. Free Wi-Fi, rental kayaks
and camper. One mile to the
bay.
QLodge Creek
Olverson’s Lodge Creek
Marina Inc.
1161 Melrose Rd.
Lottsburg
529-6868
Courtesy
car,
gas/die-
QMorattico Creek
Whelan’s Marina
3993 Hales Point Rd.
Farnham
394-9500
Gas, ship’s store, boat repairs, launching ramp, ABC
off, restrooms/showers, sales
of boat and engines, Yamaha
Wave Runners, travel lift.
Westmoreland
QMattox Creek
Stepp’s Harbor View Marina
277 Harbor View Circle
Oak Grove
224-9265
Slip rentals, showers, pool,
store, snack bar, boat sales
and repairs, fuel, sewage
pumpout.
QMonroe Bay
Bayside Marina
11 Monroe Bay Ave.
Colonial Beach
224-7570
40-slip marina, close to downtown Colonial Beach. New
bathhouse and club room.
Lighthouse Restaurant. Transients welcome.
Boathouse Marina
829 Robin Grove Ln.
Colonial Beach
224-7644
Working boatyard, slip rentals,
haul and lift, wooden boat re-
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Nightingale’s Motel
and Marina
101 Monroe Bay Ave.
Colonial Beach
224-7956
10 transient slips, restrooms,
restaurant next door, motel
accommodations.
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551 Lafayette St.
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382 Campground Rd.
Reedville
453-3430
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August 2016
Rivah • 27
Marinas
f 27
Center
1787 Castlewood Dr.
Colonial Beach
224-7230
200-slip marina with covered
and floating ber ths, transients
welcome. Fuel, ship’s store,
Winkie Doodle Point Marina boat yard with 30-ton marine
554 Lafayette St.
lift, sewage pumpout, bathColonial Beach
224-9560 house, beach, playground,
65 rental slips, bathrooms, Dockside Restaurant and Blue
water and electric.
Heron Pub on premises.
Colonial Beach
224-7544
95 rental slips, water and
electric, bathrooms, on-site
security.
QPotomac River
Coles Point Marina
307 Plantation Dr.
Coles Point
472-4011
Located on the tidal Potomac
River. Boat slips, full ser vice
boatyard, boat ramp, ship’s
store, non-ethanol gas, picnic
area, campground, pool and
restaurant.
Colonial
Beach
Westmoreland State Park
1650 State Park Rd.
Montross
493-8821
Public boat ramp, gas, ice,
bait and fishing supplies.
QYeocomico River
Kinsale Harbour Yacht Club
and Restaurant
285 Kinsale Rd.
Kinsale
472-2514
Yacht Deep water slips, showers,
swimming pool, tennis cour t,
and restaurant. Transients
welcome.
Port Kinsale Marina
and Resort
347 Allen Point Ln.
Kinsale
472-2044
106 slips. Store, fuel, electric, laundr y, bath houses,
slip rentals, boat ramp, sewage pumpout, pool, lodging.
Full-ser vice marina with mechanical ser vices.
175 Marina Dr.
Kinsale
472-2977
Slip rentals, fuel, sewage
pumpout, showers, haul-out/
railway facilities, mechanical
ser vices.
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Brian Epps battled and landed this 48-inch cobia on July 18, with guide
Captain Bob Reed. From left are Jim Hayes, Epps, Kit Hayes and Pete
Epps. The group employed great teamwork to bring this big girl in the
boat, said Captain Reed. The action took place off Windmill Point.
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Monumental catch
Brian Richardson, fishing with John Garbak and guide Capt. Bob Reed
of Bob-a-Long Charters, battled this 53.5-inch cobia for over 20 minutes
before bringing her to net. The July 6 catch will likely be remembered as
the greatest hook-and-line victory that Richardson has ever won, said
Reed. From left are Richardson and Garbak.
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August 2016
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Northern Neck Anglers Club posts Flounder Bash winners
The Northern Neck Anglers Club (NNAC) recently
announced the winners of its Flounder Bash fishing tournament.
Competition was held one day only, July 9, as a Small
Craft Advisory was issued by the National Weather Service
for two of the club’s four tournament fishing zones on July 10,
reported vice president and tournament director Mark Roy.
Target species included flounder and croaker.
Evan Gregg placed first in the flounder category. He
weighed in a 1-pound, 8-ounce flounder at Norview Marina,
Deltaville, at 4 p.m.
Scott Houghtaling placed second with a 1-pound, 6-ounce
flounder weighed in at J&W Seafood, Deltaville, at 4:40 p.m.
Croaker division winners include:
• First, Jan Jamrog, 1-pound, 5 ounces, 10 a.m., Smith
Point Marina, Reedville.
• Second, James Morgan, 14 ounces, 3:20 p.m., Smith
Point Marina.
• Third, Stewart McKenzie, 12 ounces, 10:10 a.m., Lewi-
setta Marina, Lottsburg.
• Fourth, Steve Hedgpeth, 12 ounces, 3:17 p.m., Smith
Point Marina.
• Fifth, Tom Hedgpeth, 10 ounces, 3:17 p.m., Smith Point
Marina.
• Sixth, Randy Gunn, 7 ounces, 4:35 p.m., J&W Seafood.
• Seventh, Houghtaling, 7 ounces, 4:41 p.m., J&W Seafood.
• Eighth, Scott Gregg, 5 ounces, 4 p.m. Norview Marina.
Gift certificates from Marine Electronics of Hartfield will
be issued to the first- and second-place winners for each
species, said Roy. Angler of the Year (AOY) points will be
awarded for each species, 4 points for first, 3 for second, 2 for
third and 1 each for all others weighed in.
Upcoming tournaments will include (by tournament, species and date):
• Spanish Lessons, bluefish, Spanish mackerel and spot,
August 20-21.
• Grab Bag, bluefish, Spanish mackerel and spot, Septem-
ber 10-11.
• Octoberfest, bluefish, puppy drum and rockfish, October
15-16.
• Bonus Rockfish, rockfish, November 26-27.
Annual dues are $30 and all tournaments are free to
members, said Roy. The AOY contest awards points based on
tournament participation.
Tournament weigh-in stations include Lewisetta Marina,
Lottsburg; Smith Point Marina, Reedville; Ingram Bay
Marina, Remo; B.E.S.T. Marine, Saluda; Norview Marina,
Deltaville; Chesapeake Boat Basin, Kilmarnock; Morningstar
Marina, Hudgins; R.W.’s Sport Shop, Callao; J&W Seafood,
Deltaville; Buzzard’s Point Marina, Reedville; and Northern
Neck Ace Hardware, Kilmarnock.
Club sponsors include J&W Seafood, Jett’s Hardware,
Marine Electronics, R.W.’s Sport Shop, Southeastern Marine
and Surfside Bait & Tackle.
Membership information and tournament rules can be
found at northernneckanglersclub.wordpress.com.
Prize cobia
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Billy Moore of Aylett displays the 61-inch, 73.5-pound cobia he caught
on July 2 near Deltaville.
August 2016
Rivah • 29
The Fishing Line
Billy Pipkin
One fish, two fish, red fish,
blue fish—it’s tourney time!
E
ven Dr. Seuss
would be
impressed
with the large
variety of fish
this month. August offers a wide variety of species
including Spanish mackerel, bluefish, cobia, spadefish, flounder, whiting, trout, red drum, spot, croaker
and more. There’s no better time to have an event that
incorporates a variety of species than now.
The Bay Bash Family Fishing tournament and
benefit concert will be held on Saturday, August 13,
at Ingram Bay Marina on the Great Wicomico River.
The one-of-a-kind competition has three entry levels:
boats $50, kayaks $25, and pier/shore fishermen $10.
It’s both fun and affordable.
The event, benefiting the Northumberland MidCounty Rescue Squad, offers prizes in 14 categories
including 10 different species of fish, a grand prize,
and ladies, youth and special needs divisions as well.
There will be 42 prizes, valued at over $2,000.
One really cool aspect of this tournament is the
grand prize (made by Truth Reels). The grand prize
winner is determined by the aggregate total length of
one’s catch. An angler measures in the longest of each
of their species and competes for the longest total
catch. Yes, I guess size does matter.
Other unique aspects of this tournament are: (1)
folks can fish anywhere in the bay and its tributaries; (2) the competition begins at sunrise; (3) fish
are measured, not weighed; and (4) catches may be
checked in by land or sea.
This family-friendly tournament offers an opportunity to fish off your own dock, kayak in your favorite
shallow water creek, or fish around the productive
waters outside of Ingram Bay. On shore, there will
be a moon bounce for the kids all day and demonstrations by the Northern Neck Anglers Club and the
USCG Auxiliary. Parents may bring their kids to the
tournament and compete from the dock, then take
breaks to hit the moon bounce.
The fish check-in will be run by Fish Dispatch
USA. It is a state-of-the-art system that records fish
both physically checked in as well as photos sent
in for the most fish caught categories. The instant
updates to the leader board are available for viewing
throughout the day via internet.
Live music by the band “Beer Money” will follow
the awards ceremony at 7:30 p.m. There is a cover of
five dollars to enter the concert (tournament partici-
pants enter free). Food and drinks will be available.
yet the spadefish prefer a clam chum. Blues can be
Profits will help purchase much-needed equipment
found on any of the numerous artificial reefs includfor the rescue squad. This is truly a “don’t miss”
ing Windmill Point, Asphalt Pile and Northern Neck
opportunity. For more information visit IngramBayReef. The S.W. Middle Grounds off Smith Island
Marina.Com
holds good numbers as well. Spadefish frequent
The Bay Bash fishing tournament is a great warm- structure such as lighthouses, wrecks and reefs. Cobia
up for the single species tournament the following
are more free swimming and can be drawn to the
week. The Dream Fields Spanish Mackerel Fishing
boat with chum and prefer live offerings such as spot
Tournament is being held on August 20. It benefits
and eels. The strong run of cobia in the bay this year
the Little League and youth club. Spanish mackerel
translated into huge numbers being caught locally.
is the only species in the competition, but like the
Sign up for a tournament, get the family aboard
Bay Bash tournament, it also has ladies, youth and
your boat and enjoy some friendly competition.
special anglers divisions. For more information go to Remember, “Fishing is not a spectator sport.”
Until next time . . . Fair winds. Capt. Billy Pipkin is
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a charter boat operator who owns and operates Capt.
Many of the species available during August are
Billy’s Charters and Ingram Bay Marina in Wicomico
found in shallow waters. For the small boat owner,
Church (580-7292). www.captbillyscharters.com
the shorelines and creeks offer ideal locations to
find bottom feeders as well as trout and puppy drum.
Simply fishing with a bottom rig using
squid strips, shrimp or bloodworms will
produce these species as well as spot
and croaker.
Don’t Miss the
For those anglers preferring to jig
and cast lures, the Berkley Gulp baits
are producing results on a variety of
species. Mirrolures and other similar
presentations are also working. Grass
beds in skinny water are the home for
speckled trout, puppy drum and larger
& Benefit Concert
croakers. Locations holding the best
Featuring
populations are Mobjack Bay, both the
the Band
North and East rivers, the Piankatank
Sponsored by
River, Windmill Point, Dividing Creek
and Ingram Bay.
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Trolling action will land mackerel
End of Rt. 609 (Remo Road), Wicomico Church
and blues this month. There have
already been several mackerel in our
catches since mid-July. The blues and
mackerels are often found schooling
together in close proximity. This offers
Grand Prize by
an opportunity for small boat anglers to
get into the action. Locations holding
these fish are: Windmill Point, outside
Open Division (10 Species) ~ Ladies Division ~ Youth Division ~ Special Anglers Division
of Ingram Bay, Smith Point, along the
edges of the shipping channel, and the
lower Potomac River.
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2016 Sizes and Limits
Recreational Fishing Regulations in Virginia’s Marine Waters
Black Drum
Minimum Size Limit: 16" Total Length
Limit: 1 Black Drum per person per day
Blue Catfish
Minimum Size Limit: None
Limit: Only one over 32" per day
Bluefish
Limit: 10 Bluefish per person per day
Spadefish
Limit: 4 Spadefish per person per day
Spanish Mackerel
Limit: 15 Spanish Mackerel per person per day
Speckled Trout (Spotted Sea Trout)
Limit: 5 Speckled Trout per person per day, only one may be 24" or greater
Cobia
Limit: 1 Cobia per person per day, 2 per boat
Season ends August 30.
Striped Bass (Striper, Rockfish)
Grey Trout (Weakfish)
Limit: 1 Grey Trout per day per person
Virginia Trophy Season in Chesapeake Bay, May 1 through June 15
Minimum Size Limit: 36"
Possession Limit: 1 Rockfish per person per day
Spring Season, May 16–June 15
Minimum Size Limit: 20" | Maximum Size Limit **: 28"
Limit: 2 Rockfish per person per day
** One fish of the two fish limit may be larger than 36" in length or larger
Fall Season, October 4–December 31
2 per person per day. 1 Rockfish 28" or longer can be kept
Minimum Size Limit: 20" | Maximum Size Limit: 28"
Red Drum (Channel Bass)
Maximum Size Limit: 26" Total Length
Limit: 3 Red Drum per person per day
Summer Flounder (Fluke)
Sheepshead
Minimum Size Limit: none
Limit: 4 Sheepshead per person per day
Limit: 4 Flounder per person per day
Tautog
Limit: 3 Tautog per person per day
Closed Season: May 1–September 19
For information on the most current regulations, contact Virginia Marine Resources Commission, 2600 Washington Ave., P.O. Box 756, Newport News, Va. 23607: (757) 247-2200. VMRC “Hotline” number to report
violations: (800) 541-4646. VMRC monitors VHF Channel 17. The VMRC website is www.mrc.state.va.us. Fish illustrations, courtesy Duane Raver, may not be reproduced without permission (919) 553-0280.
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Mollusk, turn on Rocky Neck Rd.
Cappahosic Landing
At the end of Rt. 618. Turn from (Rt. 662) to Thomas Landing Rd.
Rt. 614 near Sassafras.
Essex
Belle Isle State Park
Bowlers Wharf
From River Road (Rt. 354) turn on
Tanyard Landing
At the end of Rt. 684 in Center At the end of Rt. 617. From Rt. Belle Isle State Road (Rt. 683).
Cross.
17 at Woods Crossroads, take Fee $3.
Rt. 610 south, then Rt. 617 right.
Kayak ramp
Dock Street Public Landing
On the right, at end of Windmill
At the end of Dock St. in Warehouse Landing
Tappahannock.
At the end of Rt. 621. From Point Rd., White Stone.
Rt. 17, turn near Gloucester
Layton Ramp
Courthouse.
On Rt. 637 in Tappahannock.
isted here are directions to
public boat ramps.
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cast off
Oakes/Saluda Landing
Church onto Sandy Point Rd. (Rt.
At the end of Rt. 618. Turn at 666).
stoplight in Saluda.
Richmond
Upper Mill Creek Landing
At the end of Rt. 626. Near Simonson Landing
Hartfield, take Rt. 627, then left At the end of Rt. 606. Turn from
Rt. 3 onto Rt. 608, then to Rt.
on Rt. 626.
606.
Urbanna Creek
In Urbanna at the end of Virginia Totuskey Creek Landing
St. in municipal marina (fee for Off Rt. 3 south of Warsaw.
out-of town users).
Carter’s Wharf
Mathews
Off Newland Rd. (Rt. 624) to
King and Queen
Northumberland
Milford Haven Landing
Prince Street Public Landing
Carter’s Wharf Rd. (Rt. 622).
On Gwynn’s Island. Turn from Rt. Lodge Landing
Off Rt. 360 in downtown Waterfence Landing
At the end of Rt. 611. Turn off Rt. 198.
From Northumberland Hwy. (Rt. Farnham Creek
Tappahannock.
14 at Shanghai.
360) in Callao, turn right on Harry Canoe Landing
Town Point Landing
Hogan Rd. (Rt. 712). Go to end.
Rt. 608 on Farnham Creek Rd.
Gloucester
At the end of Rt. 615. From Rt.
King William
Deep Point Landing
198 south of Mathews Court- Forest Landing
At the end of Rt. 606. Turn from West Point Landing
From Northumberland Hwy. (Rt. Westmoreland
house, turn right onto Rt. 615.
Turn off Rt. 33 near west end of
Rt. 198 at Harcum.
360) north of Heathsville, turn on Westmoreland State Park
Middlesex
Enter from Rt. 3.
Mattaponi River bridge.
Coan Stage Rd. (Rt. 612).
Gloucester Point Landing
Mill Stone Landing
Lancaster
Bonums Landing
Near north end of York River
At the end of Rt. 608, Water View. Rowes Landing
Greenvale Creek Landing
bridge, off Rt. 17.
Turn off Rt. 17 onto Rt. 640, then From Northumberland Hwy. (Rt. At the end of Rt. 763. Turn from
From River Rd. (Rt. 354) near left on Rt. 608.
360) near Heathsville, turn on Rt. 202 north of Callao.
Rowe’s Landing Rd. (Rt. 601) to
Currioman Dock
the end.
At the end of Rt. 622. Turn from
Rt. 3 in Montross.
Cooper’s Landing
From Northumberland Hwy (Rt.
360) turn south at Horsehead Branson Cove
onto Cooper’s Landing Rd. (Rt. At the end of Rt. 612. Turn from
Rt. 202 towards Coles Point.
707) to end.
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Coles Point Plantation
Shell Landing
Turn from Northumberland Hwy. Off of Rt. 728, Coles Point.
(Rt. 360) in Reedville onto FleeColonial Beach Landing
ton Rd. (Rt. 657).
At the end of Rt. 633. Turn
from Rt. 205 between Oak
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Galleria is August 20 at
Woman’s Club in Urbanna
MIDDLESEX—The Middlesex
Woman’s Club will host its 7th
annual Galleria at the clubhouse
at 210 Virginia Street in Urbanna
from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday,
August 20. Vendors will sell original jewelry, artwork, specialty
foods, unique clothing, kitchen
items, beauty and health products,
books, needle crafts, garden items,
home decorations and more.
Admission is free and proceeds go
the to club’s outreach community
projects.
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Free movie
to be shown at
Fairfields UMC
NORTHUMEBRLAND—Fairfields UMC and Afton UMC invite
the public to a free movie night
at 6:30 p.m. July 29 in the Fairfields Activities Building, 14741
Northumberland Highway, Burgess.
The subject of the movie will
be the life of Christ as related by
the Apostle John. Complimentary
popcorn, pizza and drinks will be
served.
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Steamboat adventure
The Steamboat Era Museum, 156 King Carter Drive, continues to host
special activities for ages 6-12 from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Fridays
through August 19. Activities include special tours, stories, games and
crafts and Kids Make a Steamboat. Join Billy Goat and Gilda Chicken
on a scavenger hunt and meet costumed ladies who talk about their
life during the Steamboat Era. Above, Mrs. Sarah Berkey (Candee
Pevahouse) talks about her eight children and their favorite games.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. The fee is $5 per child. Call
438-6888 by Thursdays to get on the list for Fridays.
Car show and
family fun day
coming Sept. 3
LANCASTER—The Church
of Deliverance, 3734 Mary
Ball Road, Lancaster, will host
a fundraising event and family
fun day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
September 3 to include a car
show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
awards, 50-50 raffle with hourly
door prizes, music, food, ven-
dors, games and activities for
the kids.
Proceeds to support the Smart
Start for Success Youth Empowerment sponsored by the Church
of Deliverance and the Rev.
Donald Conaway. Vendor space
is available for $20. Call Rev.
Conaway, 761-5139.
Magician to entertain
on July 29 in Hartfield
MIDDLESEX—The
Middlesex County Public Library
will present magician Wes Iseli
during a children’s program on
Friday, July 29, at 2 p.m. Wes and
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magic with rabbits and doves.
This performance will be held at
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Rivah Diversions
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here can you go in
Rivah Country for a family friendly excursion or day
of fun? Below are listings of
places that may be of interest. All area codes are (804)
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sailing, rock wall, archer y,
swimming and Bible study.
Chesapeake Academy
107 Steamboat Rd.
Irvington
438-5575
Camp Ir vington, Camp Chesapeake and Camp Osprey.
Ages 4-14.
Air Excursion
Bay Aviation
Hummel Field
Topping
Gloucester County
Parks and Recreation
6467 Main St.
Gloucester
693-2355
436-2977
Animal Farm
River Birch Animal Farm
Locust Hill
758-3522
Open daily, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Free admission.
Mathews County YMCA
10746 Buckley Hall Rd.
Mathews
725-1488
Middlesex Family YMCA
Hartfield
776-8846
Sailing camps, soccer camps,
summer day camps.
Boat Cruises
Captain Billy’s Charters/
River Cruises
545 Harvey’s Neck Rd.
Heathsville
580-7292
Custom cruises ever y Sat.
evening.
Private
cruises
available.
“Faded Glory” – The
Hope and Glory Inn’s 25
Passenger Vessel
65 Tavern Rd.
Irvington
438-6053
Luncheon and cocktail cruises aboard a restored Chesapeake Bay oyster boat.
Reser vations required.
Jackson Creek Outfitters
274 Bucks View Ln.
Deltaville
776-9812
Kayak rentals, paddleboat
rentals, small sailboat rentals, eco tours, and fishing
guide ser vices. Located at
Deltaville Marina.
Let’s Go Sailing!
Urbanna
824-4006
Day cruises, boat rides and
lessons on “Free Spirit”. By
appointment.
Rappahannock River
Cruise
Tappahannock
453-2628
“Captain Thomas” travels to
Ingleside Vineyards.
“Serenity”
Yorktown
(757) 710-1233
A 65’ schooner of fers twohour cruises. Weekends only.
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Discover historic Yorktown aboard the Yorktown Trolley. Photo courtesy of York County Tourism
Private char ters, group reser- Kayak rentals, paddleboat
vations and “locals” specials. rentals, small sailboat rentals, eco tours, and fishing
guide ser vices. Located at
Smith Island Cruise
Deltaville Marina.
382 Campground Rd.
Reedville
453-3430
Depar ts from Chesapeake Norton’s Sailboat Charters
Bay Camp-Resor t. Reser va- 97 Marina Dr.
Deltaville
776-9211
tions required.
Char ter with Nor ton’s! A fantastic fleet of Hunter and
Tangier Island Cruise
Jeanneau Cruisers ranging
468 Buzzard Point Rd.
Reedville
453-2628 from 36-41 ft. Get away for a
Depar ts from Buzzard’s Point week or weekend.
Marina.
Recreational Rental
1617 George Washington
Urbanna Cruises
Urbanna
366-1778 Hwy.
Cruise local creeks and rivers Gloucester Point 642-1888
aboard a comfy, char tered
pontoon boat. Now ser ving Tucker’s Recreation
The Tides Inn, Merroir Res- Park and Marine
taurant, Urbanna Seafood 244 Barn Rd.
785-4464
Market in addition to Urbanna Shacklefords
16’ and 17’ open bow fibermarinas.
glass boats with outboard
motors. Fishing license inBoat Rentals
cluded in rental.
1632 Belle Isle Rd.
Bowling
Lancaster
462-5030
Kayak, canoe and small boat Evans Bowling Center
34 Cralle Ct.
rentals.
Kilmarnock
435-3950
Village Lanes
274 Bucks View Ln.
Deltaville
776-9812 7307 John Clayton Mem.
Hwy.
Gloucester
693-3720
Camps for Kids
4–H Camps
Contact
local
of fices.
Missoula
Children’s Theatre Camps
(406)728-1911
Week-long residency “starring” local students in a fullscale musical.
extension
Aylett Country Day School
Powcan Rd.
Millers Tavern
443-3214
Day camps June, July, Aug.
Boys and Girls Club
of the Northern Neck
517 Main St.
Kilmarnock
435-9696
Summer camps in 2-week
sessions. Activities, field
trips, swimming, ar ts and
crafts, more.
Bridlewise
Summer Horse Camps
Hartfield
776-0606
Camp of fered by Bridlewise Riding Academy Day and
Boarding Camp from beginner
to advanced riders.
Camp Piankatank
1586 Stampers Bay Rd.
Hartfield
776-9552
Day and residential camps for
ages 7–17. Activities include
Northern Neck Family
YMCA
39 William B. Graham Ct.
Kilmarnock
435-0223
Weekly summer sessions.
Northumberland
Family YMCA
6348 Northumberland Hwy.
Heathsville
580-8901
Weekly summer camp in
conjunction with the public
schools.
Rappahannock Art League
Camps
19 N. Main St.
Kilmarnock
436-9309
Weekly ar t camps for ages
6–17. Held in Kilmarnock.
Reedville
Fisherman’s Museum
504 Main St.
Reedville
453-6529
Family boat building June 24–
26, Model making Aug. 1–5.
Richmond County YMCA
45 George Brown Ln.
Warsaw
333-4117
Weekly summer sessions.
Stratford Hall Camps
483 Great House Rd.
Diversions
Montross
493-8038
Grandparent/grandchild camp
June 24–26, July 8–10, Aug.
5–7.
Summer Camps on the
River
49 Seahorse Ln.
Christchurch
758-2306 (ext. 177)
Residential and day co-ed
summer camp, Christchurch
School in Middlesex.
VIMS Summer Camps
1375 Greate Rd.
Gloucester Point 684-7878
Watermen’s Museum
Summer Educational
Programs
309 Water St.
Yorktown
757-887-2641
Of fered for kids of all ages.
A pirate camp program, boatbuilding camp, nature explorers camp and archaeology
camp.
145 Cliff Rd.
Montross
493-8821
Group kayak trips, paddle
boats and paddle boards.
the Yorktown water front between Buckner and Ballard
Streets from May 14 through
October 29.
Fun Parks
Farmers Markets
Holly Point Market
287 Jackson Creek Rd.
Deltaville
776-6950
Four th Sat. of the month
May–Nov., 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Holly Point Nature Park at the
Deltaville Maritime Museum.
Swamp Fun Park
2735 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.
Gloucester
642-8778
Paint ball.
Learn to Sail
Norton’s Sailing School
97 Marina Dr.
Deltaville
776-9211
Gloucester Market
Learn to Sail with Nor ton’s
6523 Main St.
Gloucester
695-0700 Sailing School! ASA Cer tified
Monthly, Wed. evenings 4–7 courses and fun and knowlp.m. Located at the histor y edgable instructors. The Bay
is your Classroom.
museum.
Heathsville Farmers
Market
73 Monument Place
Heathsville
580-3377
Third Sat. of the month Apr.–
Oct., 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Behind
Rice’s
Hotel/Hughlett’s
Tavern.
Premier Sailing
744 St. Andrews Ln.
Weems
438-9300
Movies
Essex 5 Cinemas
Westmoreland Family
1653 Tappahannock Blvd.
YMCA
Tappahannock
445-1166
18849 Kings Hwy.
Montross
493-8163 Irvington Farmers Market
Licensed summer day camp Irvington Commons
Irvington
480-0697
program.
First Sat. of the month from
May–Nov., 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Hillside Cinema
7321 John Clayton Mem.
Hwy.
Gloucester
693-2770
York River Crossing
Cinema
2226 York Crossing Dr.
Hayes
642-5999
Pick Your Own
Bentwaters Farm
1083 Circle Dr.
Mathews
725-5839
Spray-free blueberries, homegrown yarns from sheep
raised on the farm, lambs and
Kids, Cashmere and Nigerian
goats. Open by appointment.
Eastfields Farms
85 Preston Point Rd.
Mathews
725-3948
Spray-free blueberries in a
chemical free environment.
July and Aug. Open Fri.–Sun.
Lew Bristow’s
Blackberry Farm
Hartfield
776-7785
8 a.m.–4 p.m., Mon.–Sat. in
season.
Westmoreland Berry Farm
1235 Berry Farm Ln.
Colonial Beach
224-9171
Putt Putt
Bethpage Miniature Golf
and Ice Creamery
4817 Old Virginia St.
Urbanna
758-GOLF (4653)
Play 18 holes in the world of
Cowtopia and enjoy 20 flavors
of Hershey’s hand-dipped ice
cream. Open to the public.
Racing
Bill Sawyer’s
Virginia Motor Speedway
4426 Tidewater Tr.
Jamaica
758-1867
Dir t track racing select Sat.
nights through October.
Colonial Beach Dragway
2035 James Monroe Hwy.
Colonial Beach
224-7455
1/8th mile asphalt drag track.
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Yorktown Market Days
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Yorktown
757-890-3500
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776-9853
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Camp-Resort
382 Campground Rd.
Reedville
453-3430 Montross Market Days
Half-mile to Chesapeake Bay. 15803 Kings Hwy.
Montross
703-598-2112
Ingram Bay Marina
First Sat. of the month
May–Sept.
Heathsville
580-7292
Rent or bring your own and Tappahannock Farmers
explore miles of shoreline or Market
join a group tour to remote lo- Prince St. and Cross St.
cations around the rivers and Tappahannock
445-2076
bay.
Third week each month Apr.–
Nov. except for June which is
RivahFest.
274 Bucks View Ln.
Deltaville
776-9812 Urbanna Farmers Market
Kayak rentals, paddleboat 351 Bonner St.
rentals, small sailboat rent- Urbanna
761-4840
als, eco tours, and fishing The second Sat. of each
guide ser vices. Located at month May–Sept., 9 a.m.–1
Deltaville Marina.
p.m. in Taber Park.
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Mathews
725-7196
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1790 Howerton Rd.
Dunnsville
443-1903
Truck and tractor pulls.
Rivah Trails
Captain John Smith
Chesapeake National
Historic Trail
(410) 260-2470
Experience and learn about
the Chesapeake Bay through
the routes and places associated with Smith’s explorations. There are many
points of interest found in the
Nor thern Neck and Middle
Peninsula.
Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail
Visit 9 wineries in the Nor thern Neck. Sample itineraries
and a map are available. Contact any of the wineries listed
under Wine Tastings for more
information.
African-American Heritage
Trail
6487 Main St.
Gloucester
693-1234
A self-guided driving tour of
selected African American
historic sites. Visit or contact
the Gloucester Tourism of fice
or the Gloucester Visitor’s
Center for information and a
map.
Gloucester Blueways Trail
Gloucester
693-0014
A system of five separate water trails spanning Gloucester
County. The 40 miles of trails
are par ticularly suited for
small hand-powered craft
such as canoes and kayaks.
Mathews Blueways Water
Trail
Mathews
725-4BAY
An interconnected system
of five separate water trails
spanning the waters of
Mathews County and totaling
over ninety miles of cruising.
Northern Neck Heritage
Trail Bicycling Route
18 North Irving Ave.
Colonial Beach 333-1919
Four relatively easy bicycle
trails throughout the Nor thern
Neck.
Trolling for Treasures
Shopping Trail
Includes 17 antique, consignment and thrift shops in
Nor thumberland County.
The Virginia Oyster Trail
Virginia’s oysters are featured with unique waterman/
aqua-ar tisan sites, inviting
community narratives and
many hospitality, creative,
culinar y, cultural and activity
points of interest.
Skating
Stan’s Skateland
Triangle Trolley
17408 Kings Hwy.
435-1552
Montross
493-9890
Between
Kilmarnock,
Fri.–Sat., 7:30–10 p.m.
Ir vington and White Stone
in Lancaster County. Ever y
Theaters
Fri. and Sat. May 27–Oct 1
Court House Players
and Sun. May 29, July 3 and
Mathews
725-0474 Sept. 4, 1–6 p.m. 50¢.
Community theater ser ving
Gloucester, Mathews and The Pearl Trolley
Middlesex counties. Dinner Urbanna
758-2613
theater.
The Pearl runs in and around
Urbanna in Middlesex County,
Donk’s Theater
from May 27–Sept. 5. 25¢.
Sponsors needed.
Mathews
725-7760
Virginia’s Lil’ Ole Opr y. Live Yorktown Trolley
countr y music in a fam- Travels the village of Yorktown
ily atmosphere. Held in the from the Yorktown BattleHarr y M. Ward auditorium at field to the Yorktown Victor y
Mathews High School.
Center, including River walk
Landing. Operates March 18–
Lancaster Players
October 30, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
361 Chesapeake Dr.
Extended hours Memorial Day
White Stone
435-3776 and Labor Day, 10 a.m - 5:30
p.m. Free.
Westmoreland Players
16217 Richmond Rd.
Deltaville Trolley
Callao
529-9345 20 stops and additional
“flag” stops. One-hour shut-
Athena Vineyards
and Winery, Inc.
3138 Jessie Ball duPont
Mem. Hwy.
Burgess
580-4944
Belle Mount Vineyards
2570 Newland Rd.
Warsaw
333-4700
The Dog and Oyster
Vineyard
170 White Fences Dr.
Irvington
438-9463
Wine tastings, 11 a.m.–5
p.m. daily.
General’s Ridge Vineyard
1618 Weldons Dr.
Hague
223-2478
Tasting room, appetizers.
Thurs. noon–5 p.m.; Fri. and
Sat. noon–6 p.m.; Sun. noon–
5 p.m.
Good Luck Cellars
1025 Good Luck Rd.
An Estate Winery
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Colonial Beach
224-0175
Makes 20 stops around the
town of Colonial Beach. Ever y Sat. and Sun. May–Sept.
Gift Certificates Available
Reasonable Rates
Call us for an appointment.
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to Deltaville Market and back.
11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Thurs. – Sat.
50¢
Trolley Rides
See what flying is really meant to be
in our impeccably restored
1943 Fairchild PT-19
436-2977
On holiday weekends it runs
Mon. as well.
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Fri. 11 a.m.–8 p.m., Sat. 11
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Oak Grove
224-8687
Jacey Vineyards
619 Train Ln.
Wicomico Church 580-4053
Wine Tasting on Sat.
Oak Crest Vineyard
Hague Winery
and Winery
8268 Cople Hwy.
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Walker School) on Route 33.
The camp is for boys and girls ages 4-10.
Camp 1 will be from August 8-11, and Camp 2 from August
15-18. Camp fees are $50 for one session or $90 for both sessions.
Camp time is from 6-7:30 p.m. each day, Monday through Thursday,
at the Middlesex High School tennis courts.
Quickstart is a new format to help children 10 and under to learn
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Rivah Museums & Historic Sitesexperience
A
ll area codes are (804)
Association for the Preser vation of Virginia Antiquities,
offers a remarkable collection of 17th and 18th centur y
tombstones.
Open year-round 10 a.m.–4
p.m.
Essex
Essex County Museum
and Historical Society
218 Water Lane
Tappahannock
443-4690
Included is the Essex Galler y and the smaller Carl D.
Silver Galler y, a gift shop,
reference room, document
storage room, and handicap
accessible restrooms.
Exhibits of interest include an exhibit on World
War I in Essex County and
Rappahannock
Voyage–The
Stor y of Essex and the River.
The museum also houses a
civil war diorama: “Ft. Lowr y.”
Continuing exhibits include
prehistoric fossils, Native
American ar tifacts, colonial
relics, steamboat and working
the water exhibits and items
from the American Revolution,
Bacon’s Rebellion, the Civil
War and World Wars I and II.
Open free of charge daily
(except for Wed. and Sun.)
from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Gloucester
Abingdon Episcopal Church
4645 G. Washington Mem.
Hwy.
Gloucester
693-3035
A rare cruciform (Latin Cross)
colonial church which was completed in 1755 and under went
major restoration in 1986. It is
one of eight churches of colonial Virginia remaining.
Gloucester Museum
of History
6539 Main Street
Gloucester
693-1234
The Botetour t Building, built
about 1770, was New’s Ordinar y, a roadside tavern. Permanent exhibits include “The
Honey Pod Tree”, “Fairfield”,
and “The Hotel Botetour t”.
Also on display is the “Good
Old Days” exhibit of household
items and relics. Pages Rock
Lighthouse and its histor y is
featured as well as antique
sur vey equipment. Members
of the Knitting Guild of Tidewater will be knitting on the
museum porch on the second
Historic Yorktown
Museum On Main
307 Main Street
Yorktown
757-898-4910
View ar tifacts from Yorktown’s past including Native
American tools, colonial Yorktown, Revolutionar y and Civil
War, and 20th Centur y exhibits from the USS Yorktown, the
Naval Weapons Station and
more. Limited hours.
Antique farm tractors are on display at the Northern Neck Farm Museum.
Watermen’s Museum
309 Water St.
Yorktown
757-887-2641
This museum is a private
non-profit museum located on
the York River. The museum
was founded in 1981 as a
par t of the 200th anniversar y
celebratation of the Battle of
Yorktown. In the Revolutionar y war, local watermen aided
the French fleet, acting as captains for the ships traveling
the water ways.
The Watermen’s Museum’s
mission is to demonstrate
the role of Chesapeake Bay
Watermen and how they played
a role in shaping the nation.
You can experience a historical display of exhibits, crafts
and methods of trade, as well
as an interesting look into the
Watermen’s lives.
The museum offers educational programs for ever yone.
Activities and exhibits illustrate and explain the importance of the effor ts and the
accomplishments by those
who work the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay.
Open Tues.–Sat.: 10 a.m.–5
p.m. and Sun. 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed Mon. except some
Monday holidays. Members
and active duty militar y - free,
adults $5, seniors and students $4, under 12 - free.
Sat. of each month through
sion $4, student/groups (10
Sept.
Rosewell
or more) $3, child (6-12) $2
The free museum is open 5113 Old Rosewell Lane
Mon.–Sat. from 11 a.m.–3 Gloucester
693-2585 Walter Reed Birthplace
p.m.
Begun in 1725, Rosewell 4021 Hickory Fork Rd.
was home to the Page fam- Gloucester
693-6688
Historic Court Circle
ily for more than 100 years. This small, two-room and loft
6509 Main St.
The ruins sit on the bank of house was built prior to 1850.
Gloucester
the York River. Here, you may It was briefly home to the famA grouping of early gov- see the brickwork and grace ily of Dr. Walter Reed. Reed
ernment buildings (Colonial of form and scale which have was a famous U. S. Army phyCour thouse, Debtors’ prison, inspired poets and architects sician and medical hero of the
Clerk’s Offices, and Jail) dat- since Thomas Jefferson.
Spanish-American War and
ing from 1766 to 1896 locatIn 1916, a tragic fire swept was born here on September
ed in the hear t of Gloucester’s the mansion, leaving a magnifi- 13, 1851.
historic district. A self-guided cent shell which is testament
Open the second Saturday
tour brochure available at the to 18th centur y craftsmanship. of the month 1–4 p.m.
Visitor Center.
Remaining are the four
chimneys, the east wall with Ware Episcopal Church
Pocahontas Museum
its compass head window and 7825 John Clayton Mem. Hwy.
7335 Lewis Avenue
car ved keystone, the wine cel- Gloucester
693-3821
Gloucester
815-0988 lar and enough of the walls
This early 17th centur y
The Museum has informa- to sense the propor tion and structure ser ved as encamption, ar tifacts and pictures scale of the origninal struc- ments for federal and confedrelating to the Indian Poca- ture. The last family to own erate soldiers.
hontas, Captain John Smith Rosewell donated the ruins to
It is surrounded by a coloand the Powhatan Indians. the Gloucester Historical Soci- nial brick wall and an interestOn display is a rock tradi- ety in 1979. Since 1995, the ing graveyard with beautiful
tionally known as the one on Rosewell Foundation has tak- plantings.
which Capt. John Smith’s head en on the mission of preser vwas placed when Pocahontas ing, studying, and presenting Warner Hall Graveyard
saved his life at Werawocomo- the historic ruin.
4750 Warner Hall Rd.
co (Wicomico) in Gloucester Visitor center and gift shop. Gloucester
648-1889 Yorktown Victory Center
County.
Open April–Oct. Mon.–Thurs. Located at the Inn at Warner 200 Water St.
888-593-4682
The museum is open by & Sat. 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Sun. Hall, the Warner-Lewis family Yorktown
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appointment.
1 p.m.–4 p.m. General admis- graveyard, maintained by the
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Rivah • 41
Museums
It happened here
by Larry S. Chowning
Neck and Middle Peninsula
ThewereNorthern
regularly frequented by Union troops
during the Civil War. Their presence created a
constant fear for Confederate soldiers arriving
home on furlough. At times, the Confederates
were captured by the Yankees while visiting
home.
Confederate Colonel William S. Christian had
just ridden to his father’s home at “Hewick,” just
outside of Urbanna, on furlough when he spotted a number of Union troops (Yankees) on the
main road. The Yankees recognized his uniform
as that of a colonel. Thinking he might have a
regiment concealed in the pines, they made no
advance, but instead went into Urbanna.
Colonel Christian told his youngest sister
Mattie that he went into the woods and hid for
fear of being taken prisoner. Mattie spotted the
place where he was hiding and took him food
and water daily.
Mattie was extremely afraid of a mouse and
just as afraid of a thunderstorm. If she saw a
thunderstorm coming, she would jump into a
feather bed and cover her head until the storm
was over. If she saw a mouse running on the
floor she would jump up on a table.
A few days after first spotting Colonel Christian, Yankees rode up to the house and demanded
Mattie tell them where he was hiding. “If you
don’t tell me where that damn rebel brother of
yours is, I will blow your damn head off,” said a
Union officer as he pointed his pistol at Mattie’s
head and cocked the trigger.
Mattie looked him square in the face and said,
“You coward. If I had ten thousand heads you
might blow them all off before I will tell you
where my brother is. His life is invaluable to the
Confederate cause, but my life is comparatively
useless.”
The Yankee lowered his pistol and did not
shoot. Colonel Billy Christian was captured
during the war and spent time in a Union Prison
camp on Johnson’s Island in Sandusky, Ohio,
an island on Lake Erie. His capture was on July
14, 1863 at Falling Waters, West Virginia, right
after the Battle of Gettysburg. He was not, however, ever captured while visiting his family in
Middlesex County.
This story was passed down by Walter Christian, who was grandson of Colonel William S.
Christian. He heard the story from his great-aunt
Mattie, who had the Yankee pistol pointed at her
head.
It happened right here in Rivah country!
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Experience the American
Revolution
to understand
events that led to America’s
war for independence. The Yorktown Victor y Center is located near the battlefield where
allied American and French
forces won the battle of the
American Revolution in 1781.
The stor y of America’s evolution from colonial status to a
nation is told through films and
exhibits inside a new museum
building and outdoor living
histor y at a re-created Continental Army encampment and
Revolution-era farm. Educational fun for the whole family.
$21.25 for adults, $10.75 for
ages 6-12; under 6 free. Open
year-round 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
daily (9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June
15–Aug. 15), except Christmas and New Year’s days.
Lancaster
Christ Church and
Carter Reception Center
and Museum
420 Christ Church Road
Weems
438-6855
The church was built in 1735
by Rober t “King” Car ter. The
museum features ar tifacts,
documents, displays and exhibits of colonial Virginia.
The church, reception center
and museum are open to the
public Apr.–Nov. from 10 a.m.–
4 p.m. Mon.–Sat. and 1–4
p.m. Sun. Call for group tours.
Other times by appointment.
Kilmarnock Museum
76 N. Main Street
Kilmarnock
436-9100
This museum features displays and exhibits focusing
on Kilmarnock’s past and
present.
Rotating exhibits are featured plus displays of local artifacts and a timeline of events
throughout area histor y.
The museum is open Thurs.–
Sat., 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Free.
Mary Ball Washington
Museum
8346 Mary Ball Road
Lancaster Courthouse
462-7280
Located in the Historic District, the museum comprises
three historic buildings and librar y. More than 350 years of
area histor y is on exhibit in the
1797 clerk’s office, 1821 jail,
and 1828 Lancaster House.
The Genealogy and Histor y
Librar y provides more than
7000 reference materials including local cour t records,
census data, business information, vital records, county
histories, church records, and
family files. The card catalogue
is available online.
Open Wed.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4
p.m.
Research librar y open Tues.Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sat. 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments
suggested but not required.
Check website for complete
listing and hours.
gnettes of various rooms such
as a typical stateroom, wheelhouse, boiler room, galley and
dining room. The exhibit includes a six foot map showing
steamboat whar f stops.
Spring hours: April 22–June
18 Fri.–Sat. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Group tours by appointment.
Admission: Adults: $5.00.
Children under 12 and active
militar y free.
Mathews
Fort Nonsense
VA-14/John Clayton Memorial Hwy. at the intersection
of VA-3.
Built in 1861 and known as
“For t Nonsense”, this for t was
also identified as “Smar t’s
Mill/Nor th End Mill For tification”. On the site there is a
park area with trails leading
through the trees and over the
ear then remains of the old
For t.
There are a number of informational posters that tell
some of the histor y of the area
and For t Nonsense.
Morattico Waterfront
Museum
6584 Morattico Road
Morattico
The museum offers exhibits
of an old fashioned countr y
store, the histor y of the work
life, gear and agriculture of
local watermen of the village.
Also on display are Native
American ar tifacts, photos and
documents relating to village
histor y. A free village map is
available for touring.
The museum is open Sat. Gwynn’s Island Museum
noon–4 p.m. and Sun. 1–4 1775 Old Ferry Road
Gwynn
725-7949
p.m. May–Oct.
Features an exhibit of the
“CINMAR”
Discover y—the
Northern Neck
oldest man-made stone tool
Sports Wall of Fame
found in the Americas. The
60 South Main Street
Kilmarnock
435-1211 original stone blade was dated
The Nor thern Neck Spor ts at 20,000 years old and is on
Wall of Fame features plaques display in the Smithsonian Inwith bios and photos of indi- stitution. It was dredged from
viduals past and present that 240 feet of water about 40
have excelled in spor ts from miles offshore in the Atlantic
the Nor thern Neck of Virgin- Ocean by Mathews scallop
ia. Free. Located inside The boat captain Thurston Shawn
Spor ts Centre. Open Mon.– in 1970.
Other exhibits include a preFri. 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Sat. 9
Civil War Wheeler and Wilson
a.m.–4 p.m.
sewing machine and a tableaux depicting the legend of
Steamboat Era Museum
Col. Hugh Gwynn accepting
156 King Carter Drive
Irvington
438-6888 what is now called Gwynn’s
The museum of fers a vi- Island from Princess Pocasual histor y of the steam- hontas in gratitude for saving
boats’ impor tance to area her life when she fell from her
commerce, culture, social canoe.
Also featured is memorabilia
connections and life to small
towns along the Chesapeake from the 1907 Jamestown ExBay and its tributaries. Diora- position, an extensive display
mas, oral histories, models, of antique spectacles colar tifacts, paintings, photos lected by the late Dr. Wm. H.
and audio and interactive Gatten, and ar tifacts from a
mid-18th centur y home site,
components.
The “Welcome Aboard” ex- including glass and potter y
hibit features an eight foot shards from the 17th centur y,
cutaway model of the steamer a King George III half penny
Lancaster. Also featured are vi- dated 1773, Native American
Museums
points, potter y and fossils.
There also are photos of two
barrel wells.
Also on display are items
relating to the Black American
histor y of Gwynn’s Island, prehistoric Native Americans, and
an extensive histor y on the life
of Captain John Smith and his
connection to Gwynn’s Island.
There is a 100-plus year old
corn sheller, with original red
paint and name.
There is a large collection of
antique medical instruments
from the estate of the late
Mathews physician, Dr. James
Warren Dorsey Haynes, and
the old Grimstead Post Office.
The museum, open 1–5
p.m. each Fri., Sat. and Sun.
May–Oct., also has a research
librar y and gift shop.
Admission is free, donations
welcome.
ments, photos, models, and
many memories of time gone
by. Long a boat building area
of note, Mathews additionally has had its share of local
watermen, menhaden fishermen, merchant mariners,
US Navy sailors, fish packing
houses, boat repair facilities,
and marinas. The museum
honors the past and works to
educate the future about maritime histor y.
The museum is staffed
by volunteers, generally on
Fri. and Sat. from Apr.–Nov.
from 10–2, or by request for
groups. If the “open” flag is flying, you’re invited inside.
Thomas James Store
239 Main St.
Mathews
725-4229
The 1815 Thomas James
Store is an excellent and
rare example of an early ruMathews Maritime Museum ral, commercial building. It
482 Main Street
is a one-stor y vernacular AMathews
725-4444 frame wood structure located
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on Main Street and has been
conser ved by Mathews County
Historical Society. It retains
most of its original fabric and
is remarkably well-preser ved.
Tours are self-guided with
interpretive signage, touchscreen information and nonintrusive lighting highlighting
historical features.
Open during favorable temperatures when the visitor center is open.
Tompkins Cottage
43 Brickbat Road
Mathews
725-3487
Near the historic Mathews
cour thouse is a typical tidewater cottage of the early 1800s.
It houses a museum and headquar ters of the Mathews County Historical Society.
One of the oldest wooden
structures in Mathews Cour t
House, it was owned by Christopher Tompkins, a prominent local planter, merchant,
sea captain and ship owner/
builder.
The museum houses a permanent exhibit of Mathews
histor y including information
on Capt. Sally Tompkins, CSA,
the first woman to be commissioned an officer in an American army.
Admission is free. Open Fri.
and Sat. from 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
through Oct.
Middlesex
peake watermen, their vessels
and local histor y.
Currently on display are
the exhibits: “What is a
Deadrise?”, “Boat Builders
Shop”, “Restoration of the
F.D. Crockett”, ”John Smith on
the Chesapeake” and “Family Boatbuilding Week”. Also a
new exhibit featuring Fishing
Bay Yacht Club as well as an
oyster boat exhibit, drawings
by Ray Rodgers and a lighthouse exhibit.
Extensive collection of ship
models also on display. Visiting exhibition: The “Hawkins
Antique Outboard Collection”.
The Museum is a Bay Gateway and on the “John Smith
Trail.” and is open 10 a.m.4 p.m., and noon to 4 p.m.
Sundays.
See the F. D. Crockett, a
64’ log-bottom buyboat, on
the Museum’s pier walk, along
with the Explorer, a 31’ museum built reproduction of
the shallop John Smith used
in 1608 to explore and map
the Chesapeake Bay. Also see
the custom deadrise “Francis
Smith,” and the museum’s restored Deltaville round-sterned
deadrise “Cooper Hill.”
In the park are picnic tables,
a sculpture garden, kayak
landing, children’s garden and
walking trails.
The Holly Point Nature Park
is open daily, dawn to dusk.
On four th Saturdays from
April–Nov., Visit the Holly Point
Markets, free creek cruises,
and in the evenings, a Groovin’ in the Park outdoor concer t
through September.
Deltaville Maritime
Museum and Holly Point
Nature Park
287 Jackson Creek Rd.
Deltaville
776-7200
See the evolving museum Middlesex County Museum
exhibits building
featuring 777 Gen. Puller Hwy.
maritime histor y of Chesa- Saluda
758-3663
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Tickets may be purchased at the Museum
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum
Preserving the Watermen’s Heritage
What do a CHICKEN and a
STEAMBOAT have in common?
Find out at the
Steamboat Era Museum
156 King Carter Drive Irvington, Virginia
804.438.6888 steamboateramuseum.org
804-453-6529 Open Tues.–Sun. May-Oct.
504 Main St., Reedville, VA 22539
www.rfmuseum.org
Ever ything old is new again
as the Middlesex County Museum collections have grown
extensively.
One display is the new exhibit “Childhood in Middlesex.”
The exhibit includes toys,
board games, a 1920s scooter, metal trains, wooden
planes, building blocks, glass
marbles, two paper doll collections, rag dolls, bisque dolls,
and china dolls. A wooden dollhouse replica of George Washington’s Mt. Vernon is also
now on loan.
Furniture includes a nursing
chair, 18th-centur y high chair,
and 19th-centur y Bentwood
cradle. Also, 20th-centur y
clothing, a christening gown,
and baby shoes.
Also included are school
desks, chalkboards, microscopes and typewriters, and
diplomas from past graduates.
A fossil collection displays
Megalodon Shark teeth and a
variety of corals. On loan is an
extensive collection of Native
American pieces.
A 25-piece collection of
pocketknives now on display,
including a SA Dagger from a
WWII German Officer.
Middlesex’s social scene
is another exhibit. On display
is a 1920s flapper dress, a
1930s smoking jacket, various
hunt riding attire, and a side
saddle.
Two por traits of Virginia Governor Andrew Jackson Montague (1902-1906) and his
wife Elizabeth are displayed
with lighting and furniture from
the Victorian era.
Also included in the exhibit
is a four-legged resident, the
1918 Kentucky Derby winner
Exterminator, who has also
called Middlesex home. During his lifetime he won 51 of
his 99 races. He even had a
children’s book written about
him in the 1950s, “Old Bones,
the Wonder Horse.” His owner
was the heir to the “Swamp
Root” for tune and his summer
home was located in Remlik in
Middlesex County.
Chesty Puller’s exhibit has a
life-size cutout of the general
and many newspaper clippings
from his career. Two oral histories of men who ser ved under Chesty during their militar y
ser vice are featured.
Free admission. Donations
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accepted. Open Wed.– Sat.,
10 a.m.-3 p.m. The museum
also has a genealogy section
for research.
Urbanna Museum and
Visitor’s Center
Virginia Street
Urbanna
758-8181
The restored James Mill
Scottish Factor Store or “Old
Tobacco Warehouse” is used
as the Urbanna Town Visitor Center. For years, it was
thought to have been used to
store hogsheads of tobacco.
In 1958, The Association
for the Preser vation of Virginia Antiquities sponsored
a study of the building. Historian Wesley Newton Laing’s
research revealed that the
structure was not a warehouse but, rather, a Scottish Colonial merchant factor
store, where tobacco could
be traded for finished goods
from Europe. (Cour tesy of
Emily Chowning. Excerpt from
“Images of America Urbanna”
by Larr y S. Chowning)
Thurs.–Sat. from 11 a.m. –
4 p.m., Sun. 1–4 p.m.
.
Northumberland
Northern Neck Farm
Museum
Burgess
761-5952
The late Luther Welch donated the proper ty and much
of the equipment to create a
museum to tell the histor y of
farming in the Nor thern Neck.
The big red barn houses a
photographic exhibit of farms,
an American Indian exhibit
and farm equipment such as
antique tractors, hand tools,
planters, seed hullers and butter churns. Other exhibits include a children’s area and an
exhibit on Nor thern Neck rural
electrification.
The gift shop features many
items including a first edition
collectible tractor and toys.
Hours are Sat. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
and Sun. 1–4 p.m. Admission
is $2 for adults, $1 for students, and children under 12
are free.
Reedville
Fishermen’s Museum
504 Main St.
Reedville
453-6529
The museum offers visitors
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a glimpse of the rich heritage
of the fishermen and watermen
of Virginia’s Nor thern Neck
and the Chesapeake Bay.
In addition to the main
museum galler y housing its
permanent and changing exhibits, the museum features
the Pendleton Building with
its boat and model workshops
and the historic William Walker
House.
In the water, the museum
showcases the Claud W.
Somers, a 42-foot skipjack
built in 1911, which offers
tours twice monthly, and the
Elva C., a 55-foot traditional
workboat built in 1922, which
offers tours to members.
The museum hosts a summer concer t series, offers a
gift shop and is open Tues.–
Sun. from 10:30 a.m.–4:30
p.m. May through Oct. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for
seniors and free for children
under 12.
ration of Independence signer
Francis Lightfoot Lee. A partial ruin, the house provides
a unique oppor tunity to see
“behind the walls” of an 18th
centur y mansion.
The King Conser vation and
Visitors Center provides information on the histor y of
the proper ty and the architectural conser vation work going
on at Menokin. Hike trails to
Cat Point Creek through the
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
From Apr.–Oct., open Mon.–
Sat., 10 a.m.–4 p.m. From
Nov.–March, open Mon.–Fri.
10 a.m.–4 p.m. and weekends
by appointment.
Richmond County Museum
5874 East Richmond Road
Warsaw
333-3607
The museum is in the county’s old jail, which was built
in 1872. It includes three
galleries, exhibit rooms and
an of fice. The jail’s hanging
chamber is also on the secRice’s Hotel/
ond floor.
Hughlett’s Tavern
On permanent display is
73 Monument Place
Heathsville
580-3377 a scale model of the historic
The last sur viving 1700’s 1748 Richmond County Cour tstructure of its kind on house, the third oldest cour tthe Nor thern Neck is the house in Virginia, a collection
restored Tavern and com- of Forrest Patton photography
munity square. It includes and an old fashioned countr y
a gift shop, foundation of- store. Another exhibit feafice, blacksmith shop, wood- tures Francis Lightfoot Lee,
workers shop, spinning and
weaving studio and Carriage
House. The Transpor tation
Museum Building houses a
permanent exhibit of the Chicacoan Oak. The museum
also of fers a community room
for rent and various classes
in heritage ar ts.
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Fri. 10 a.m.–noon. Restaurant:
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Along Westmoreland’s
Historic HIGHWAYS
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Richmond
Menokin
4037 Menokin Road
Warsaw
Menokin was built c. 1769.
It was the home of the Decla-
Westmoreland County, VA
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Level Green Farm
A Virginia Century Farm
Fruits, Vegetables & Plants
at the stoplight in Montross
3128 Erica Road (near Mt. Holly)
(804) 472-7017 www.ericamall.com
804-450-0010
Owners Gary & Carolyn Sisson
Museums
signer of the Declaration of local histor y. It’s in a late 19th
Independence.
centur y barroom, which was
Open Wed.–Sat. from 11 used as a meat market in the
a.m.–3 p.m.
1920s; the old Ice Cream Parlor next door is being renovated by the Kinsale Foundation
Westmoreland
for galler y, librar y and meetA.T. Johnson Museum
ing space. The 1909 Bank of
18849 Kings Hwy.
Kinsale building stands just off
Montross
493-7070 the green beside the Kinsale
The museum preser ves the Motor Corp. building (1919).
histor y and legacy of educaOpen Fri. and Sat. from 10
tion for African American stu- a.m.–5 p.m.
dents in the Nor thern Neck,
especially in Westmoreland Museum at Colonial Beach
County.
128 Hawthorne Street
The museum is a depositor y Colonial Beach
224-3379
for collections, ar tifacts, memIt is housed in the former
orabilia, documents and other Hoffman Gas Building (c.
items related to education.
1893).
Built in 1937 in the ColoThe museum depicts Colonial Revival style, A. T. John- nial Beach heritage through
son High School was the various
ar tifacts.
Emphafirst public education facil- sis is on the period from
ity ser ving African American 1890 through 1958 when
students in Westmoreland. the town was a busy rivThe school was named for er tourism attraction that
Armstead Tasker Johnson, a drew huge summer crowds.
black educator and community leader instrumental in its Westmoreland County
construction.
Museum and Library
Open on Sat., 10 a.m.–2 43 Court Square
p.m., Sun., 2 p.m.–4 p.m. and Montross
493-8440
other times by appointment.
Believed to be the oldest museum in the Nor thern
George Washington
Neck, this museum was charBirthplace National
tered in 1939 and dedicated
Monument
in 1941. It was established
1732 Popes Creek Road
to give a permanent home to
Colonial Beach
224-1732 the life-sized por trait of WilGeorge
Washington
is liam Pitt, the Earl of Chatham
among Westmoreland’s most (1768), painted by Charles
famous native sons. Com- Willson Peale and to provide
mander of the Continental a location for ar tistic, recArmy, Revolutionar y War hero reational, and educational
and first President of the Unit- facilities.
ed States, he professed to be
Permanent exhibits include
first and foremost a farmer.
por traits of Westmoreland
Open to the public 9 a.m.–5 County’s historical figures,
p.m. Admission is free.
fossils and native American
ar tifacts. A temporar y exhibit,
James Monroe Birthplace
which runs from Oct. through
Museum and Visitor Center Mar., features “mourning jew4460 James Monroe Hwy.
elr y” as a nod to Halloween. In
Colonial Beach
214-9145 addition to these exhibits, the
Open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum hosts several recepSaturdays and Sundays from tions and lectures each year
Memorial Day through Labor and houses a histor y and geDay. Admission is free. A pic- nealogy research librar y.
nic area is on the grounds and
Open
Mon.-Sat.
from
a canoe launch is at a dock on 10
a.m.-4
p.m.
AdmisMonroe Creek.
sion is free. It also ser ves
as the Visitor Center for
Kinsale Museum
Westmoreland County.
449 Kinsale Road
Kinsale
472-3001
To make updates to this directory,
The museum is dedicated to please email: [email protected]
the preser vation, collection,
exhibition and interpretation of
Irvington Crab Festival
tickets are selling quickly
LANCASTER—A few tickets are still available
for the Irvington Crab Festival on August 13. Tickets are $50 per person.
Tickets may be purchased at steamboateramuseum.org, at the museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesdays through Saturdays, or by calling 4386888, said executive director Barbara Brecher.
Some 750 folks will be eating steamed crabs and
rocking to Jumbo Lump Daddy & The Backfin Boys
under a big top on the Irvington Commons, she
said. The door will open at 4 p.m. and crabs will be
served at 5 p.m. Wine and beer will be available for
purchase
The Crab Festival is the largest fundraising event
for the Steamboat Era Museum, continued Brecher.
“It is a great way to support the museum, which
not only educates visitors about the importance of
the Steamboat Era on the Northern Neck, but as a
tourist destination it adds to the economic development of the area,” she said.
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Golf tournament
to raise funds
for American
Cancer Society
WEST POINT—One hundred years ago the American Cancer Society started the fight of a lifetime. Today, cancer touches over one million
people in the United States each year.
Larry Burch was no exception. He fought a two-year battle with
tongue cancer and the fight ended on September 17, 2012. Larry was
born and raised in Middlesex, and lived his adult life in West Point.
Larry’s family and friends will honor him and his fight with a golf
tournament to raise money to help with the ongoing battle to find a cure
for cancer.
On Saturday, August 6, the 4th annual Larry Burch Memorial Golf
Tournament will be held at West Point Country Club with all proceeds
donated to the American Cancer Society in Larry’s memory. Over the
past three years, $30,000 has been donated to the cause and the amount
grows each year. The goal this year is to raise $14,000.
If you are interested in playing, would like to sponsor a hole or donate
a door prize, contact Elizabeth Faudree at 804-824-4400 for more information.
RIVERSIDE URGENT AND EMERGENCY CARE
Even if you’re just visiting,
we’ll treat you like family.
At Riverside, we sincerely hope your visit to our community does not require
urgent or emergency care. Should illness or injury happen, know that you can count
on our highly trained staff to provide exceptional and compassionate care. Just like
we do every day for the people of the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula.
For minor illness or injury such as sprains or sore throats:
Junior Duck Stamp
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Tappahannock Urgent Care
Hayes Walk-In Clinic
300 Mount Clement Park
Tappahannock,VA 22560
2246 George Washington Mem. Hwy.
Hayes,VA 23072
(804) 443-8610
(804) 684-5565
RICHMOND
COUNTY—
From August 1 through August
5, there will be a waterfowl and
conservation themed art camp
at the Menokin Foundation,
Westmorland State Park and the
Rappahannock River Valley NWR.
Open to ages 10-14, students
will learn about regional waterfowl and their habitats while
paddling different waterways,
and then experiment with different ways to draw and paint ducks
or geese through observation,
For life threatening symptoms such as severe abdominal
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or change in vision or speech:
reported deputy refuge manager
Bill Crouch.
Art instruction will be provided
in drawing, sketching and painting
techniques, said Crouch. The fee
for each student will be $50 for
the week, and transportation may
be available. Scholarships covering the full cost of the camp are
available from the Rappahannock
Wildlife Refuge Friends Group.
Registration closes on July 25.
Contact Alice French at 333-1776,
or [email protected].
Barbecue dinner
set for August 27
LANCASTER—American Legion Adams Post 86 and the Ladies Auxiliary will host their fourth annual old-fashioned barbecue dinner from 4
to 7 p.m. August 27 to benefit veteran and community programs. Tickets
are $10 for adults and $5 for ages 11 and younger.
The dinner will include pork barbecue, baked beans, coleslaw, cornon-the-cob, rolls, iced tea and home-baked desserts, said past commander
John Poundstone. Patrons can dine at the Post, 882 Waverly Avenue,
Kilmarnock, or carry out.
Music will be provided by The Horsehead Boys.
Advance tickets are available for purchase in advance at Lester’s Barber
Shop, or Heather at 435-6217. Tickets also will be available at the door.
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Weems
435-7842
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Registration under way for Sept. 23
Virginia Veterans Golf Tournament
MIDDLESEX–Golfers
are invited to participate in the
annual Virginia Veterans Golf Tournament Friday, September 23, at
Piankatank River Golf Club in
Hartfield. The event IS hosted by
the Knights of Columbus Assembly
3349.
The competition will be a fourplayer captain’s choice format. All
proceeds benefit Virginia Veteran
and Family Support (www.dvs.
virginia.gov/virginia-veteran-andfamily-support), formerly named the
Virginia Wounded Warrior Program.
Team prizes will be awarded for
first, second, and third place in
each of three flights. Golfers will
also compete for individual driving
and accuracy prizes.
The entry fee OF $80 per
player includes use of the practice
range, golf cart rental, greens fee, oncourse beverages, and dinner in the
Steamboat Restaurant. Registration
begins at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start
at noon.
To register for the tournament or
for more information, contact Al
Langer at 776-7427 or alanger1@
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at 776-0949 or lynnegary@gmail.
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he does!
Dr. Kanyon Keeney is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
that limits his practice to dental implants and bone
replacement. As a matter of fact, he is one of the few in
the country that does so. Whether the patient is young
or old, missing one tooth or all of their teeth, under
local anesthesia or IV anesthesia, in need of very simple
or very complex implant treatment………Dr. Keeney
does it and loves it. He is known locally, regionally and
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If you are missing one tooth or all of your teeth
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Bay School’s first ExtravaGala: ‘A Royal Celebration of the Arts’
MATHEWS—The
Bay
School Community Arts Center
in Mathews has launched “A
Royal Celebration of the Arts,” a
fundraiser for the school. This celebration will feature both a raffle,
offering 10 great prizes, and an
ExtravaGala at the home of Becky
and John Mayfield on Queen’s
Creek on September 24, said event
co-chair Gay Butler.
The raffle tickets will be sold
throughout the summer at the Bay
School and on its website, www.
bayschool-arts.com. Tickets also
will be available at the Mathews
Visitor’s Center and at the
Mathews Farmers’ Market. The
cost is $20 per ticket. The raffle
drawing will be held at the Extrav-
aGala. Winners need not be present to win.
Three lucky ticket holders will
travel after winning one of these
three prizes: a seven-day getaway
for two to Vancover and Victoria
Island (airfare included); a fiveday getaway for two to Costa
Rica (airfare included); or a $500
gift certificate for Airbnb vacation rentals. Other prizes include
an island balloon flight for two, a
saltwater fishing sunrise charter
for two, an island stop market crab
feast for 12, a Jlyn Designs papermache animal, Rebecca Grow’s
artful box filled with handcrafted
jewelry, a Russell Turnage pottery
lamp, and a Bob Carlson original
painting.
Guests at the ExtravaGala will
enjoy an exciting evening with
fine food, cocktails, and dancing
to music provided by “The Paul
Roberts Orchestra.” The evening’s highlight will be the raffle
drawing. Another drawing will
reveal the winner of a special door
prize: a week at Pawley’s Island,
S.C. Guests also will have the
opportunity to bid on a collaborative work of art designed and
implemented by a group of local
artists.
“I’m excited about this celebration,” said Butler. “For the last 17
years the Bay School has held an
auction in order to raise money
for the school. Though very successful, the auction was limited
in that only those guests present
at the event had the opportunity to
participate in the fundraiser. The
raffle gives everyone in the community, even those unable to
attend the ExtravaGala, the chance
not only to win a fantastic prize,
but also the opportunity to support
the Bay School.”
The celebration will be the Bay
School’s major fundraising event
this year and will be its primary
source of income. The Bay School
is a non-profit 501c3 whose mission is to provide quality art education to all people regardless of
age or ability. The school provides
100 classes per year for artists
and craftsman of all ages, and an
outreach program for underserved
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Mind & Muscle
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lectures to
begin August 1
LANCASTER—An orthopedic surgeon, a cardiologist and
a water fitness instructor are
among speakers who will present upcoming Mind & Muscle
Wellness Lectures.
The annual series will open at
11 a.m. August 1 in the Chesapeake Center Auditorium at
Rappahannock
WestminsterCanterbury,
132
Lancaster
Drive, Irvington.
RW-C invites all residents and
neighbors in the Northern Neck
and Middle Peninsula, said
resident program development
coordinator Amy Lewis.
The lectures are held on the
first Monday of the month,
unless it falls on a holiday, she
said. On August 1, orthopedic
surgeon Dr. James McCoig will
present “Aging and Activity.”
On September 12, cardiologist
Dr. John Hawkins will present
“Cholesterol Awareness.” On
October 3, Onelife Fitness water
instructor Sheila Moynihan
will present “The Benefits of
Water Fitness.”
The Mind & Muscle Lectures
began in 2012 to highlight the
importance of brain health and
physical fitness for overall wellness, said Lewis.
“We’re committed to our residents’ health, wellness and happiness, and we’re proud to offer
informative and helpful programming that our residents and
neighbors can use to enhance
their lives,” she said.
The program includes a complimentary luncheon at noon
following the lecture and a question-and-answer
opportunity
with the speaker. Reservations
are required and registration
will open two weeks prior to
each program. Call 438-4000.
RW-C maintains a waiting list
and will honor reservations in
the order received.
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Beatley and his wife, Vera. The inspiration to form the organization came from a successful rescue of a grandfather and two
young children who spent a cold November night hanging onto
the bow of a swamped boat in the Chesapeake Bay near Reedville
in 1973.
Although he wasn’t on the scene of the accident, Dr. Beatley
was called to treat the victims and rode to Richmond in an ambulance where he resuscitated the young girl and saved her life.
In the fall of 1973, SPSR was established. Smith Point Sea
Rescue Incorporated was officially organized in 1974 as an allvolunteer sea rescue service to serve from the Rappahannock
River across the Chesapeake Bay and from Point Lookout up the
Potomac River to Ragged Point in Westmoreland County.
There are now 45 active members that respond when there is a
problem. The members make up the only volunteer sea rescue unit
on the Chesapeake Bay. Members share duties year round in order
to have 24-hour service, maintain equipment, conduct training,
and respond to search and rescue missions.
Vice president Jim Bullard indicated that he has found only one
other organization like the SPSR in the U.S., which is near Hilton
SMITH POINT SEA RESCUE IS A WELCOMED SIGHT TO A BROKEN DOWN
BOATER.
Head, S.C.
As of July, SPSR has had 32 rescue missions in 2016, said Bullard.
“We are always looking for new members and there are three requirements. You must be in good physical condition, have boating
experience, and be available 24 hours a day for a week out of the
month,” said Bullard.
He also recommended that members on duty stay within a
30-minute drive from their rescue boat.
“If there is a medical emergency, we have to get an EMS member to come along,” said Bullard. “We are the AAA of the water.”
The SPSR meets once a month to review the rescues to discuss
what happened, how they conducted themselves, and what they
learned, said Bullard.
In the early days of sea rescue, watermen volunteered their
boats, but today, SPSR owns three vessels. A 42-foot Provincial,
Rescue I, is SPSR’s all-weather boat. Rescue I and Rescue II, a
19-foot Carolina Skiff, are docked in Reedville to serve the bay.
Rescue III, a 27-foot Blackfin, is docked in Lottsburg to serve the
lower Potomac River. All of these boats have towing capacity that
most boats do not have, said Bullard.
The organization receives no
financial support from any state
or governmental agency. Funds
to operate are raised from
grants, donations and fundraising events, including an annual
oyster roast in March at Little
River Seafood on the Great
Wicomico River.
The SPSR is now trying to
raise $100,000 to rebuild a
boathouse and pier in Reedville
due to wind damage in 2015.
After the boathouse was damaged, Buzzard’s Point Marina
allowed SPSR to tie the boats
to their dock in Reedville. But
when a rescue team got a call
in the winter, they went to the
boats and the lines were frozen
and there was ice in the boats.
“We must have our allweather boats under cover,”
said Bullard.
WHILE MEMBERS CALL RESCUES ON DAYS LIKE THIS “CAKE WALKS,” THEY
OFTEN RESPOND IN DANGEROUS WEATHER AND AT NIGHT.
RESCUE MISSIONS
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PSR’s rescue missions can be minor to major.
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ings of sailboats on sandbars. We typically tow them off the sandbar and then they are on their way,” said Bullard.
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As of July 2016, SPSR had responded to 32 missions.
RESCUE I, WHICH IS DOCKED IN REEDVILLE, IS FULLY ENCLOSED AND READY
FOR RESCUES IN ANY WEATHER.
MEMBERS OF SMITH POINT SEA RESCUE RECEIVE MANY HOURS OF ON-THEWATER TRAINING.
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THE SMITH POINT SEA RESCUE VESSELS ARE EQUIPPED WITH HEAVY-DUTY
LINES AND POSTS FOR TOWING.
RESCUES AT NIGHT ARE OFTEN TRICKY.
EXAMPLES
OF CALLS
F O R A S S I S TA N C E
SPSR
• September 12, 2015: At 3:30 p.m., the captain on a 46-foot deadrise
charter boat with eight aboard reported he was adrift in Tangier Sound
with engine failure. Rescue I was dispatched from Reedville in heavy
rain and 4- to 5-foot seas. Using radar, SPSR found the vessel in
weather with just 25-foot visibility. The charter boat was towed 16
nautical miles through heavy seas back to Ingram Bay Marina. Time
on call, 4 hours.
CAN BE REACHED
ON CHANNEL
16
OR BY CALLING
911.
A SMITH POINT SEA RESCUE TEAM HANDS GASOLINE TO A SAILOR WHO IS
OUT OF FUEL AND BECALMED.
SMITH POINT SEA RESCUE TOWS A SAILBOAT TO A MARINA AFTER IT RAN
AGROUND ON A SANDBAR DURING A STORM.
• September 25, 2015: At 12:35 p.m., the sheriff received a 911 call
from the skipper of a sailboat who was aground in rough seas just outside the Smith Point jetty. Rescue III was dispatched from Reedville
and found a single person on a 25-foot Cal sailboat, out of fuel and
aground on a sandbar. The sailboat was freed from its grounding and
towed to Smith Point Marina. The rescue crew advised the captain that
the seas were too rough for his small kicker engine and suggested he
stay in the marina until the weather improved.
Rescue III had just arrived back in Reedville when a homeowner
called to report a sailboat was beached in front of his home just outside
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sailboat now up on the beach. The sailboat was pulled off the beach
and again towed to Smith Point Marina, now with rudder damage that
required repair before the vessel could be sailed again. Time on calls,
4 hours.
• May 12, 2016: At 9:45 a.m., a boater called on channel 16 to report
engine failure in the Middle Bay east of buoy B-62. Rescue I arrived
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There were two people on board, traveling from Florida to New Jersey.
The Sea Rescue crew was able to throw a line up to the yacht and tow
it into Jennings Boat Yard in Reedville, where a kinked fuel line was
repaired. Time on call, 3.5 hours.
TO JOIN SPSR, OR DONATE TO THE
BOATHOUSE PROJECT,
CALL JIM BULLARD AT 456-8470, OR
RUSS BERTINO AT 453-3360
RESCUE III TOWS IN A CRUISER WITH AN OYSTER POT TANGLED IN ITS PROP, A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE WATERS OF THE
NORTHERN NECK.
As a public service, the Rappahannock
Record publishes the Smith Point Sea Rescue
monthly incident/response report.
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Mary Ball Washington’s life
LANCASTER—The
Mary
Ball Washington Museum &
Library (MBWML) is now
accepting reservations for an
August 25 bus tour that will trace
the life of George Washington’s
mother, Mary, from her birthplace near Lively to her final
resting place in Fredericksburg.
“The day will begin with a
narrated, scenic driving tour of
places where Mary spent time
as a child and young woman,
including Epping Forest in
Lancaster, Cherry Point in
Northumberland, and Sandy
Point in Westmoreland,” said
board member and tour coordinator Jane Henley. “Local historian and Ball family researcher
Butch Jenkins will provide commentary along the way.
“The trip will continue with
in-depth guided tour stops at
the George Washington Birthplace National Monument and
working colonial farm at Popes
Creek, Ferry Farm in Stafford
with its archaeology lab and
Unauthenticated portrait of Mary
Ball Washington by Robert Edge
Pine. Courtesy of the Library of
Congress
new timber-frame reconstruction of Washington’s boyhood
home, and the Mary Washington
House in Fredericksburg where
Mary lived the last 17 years of
her life. While at Ferry Farm,
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catered box lunch and special
presentation by site archaeologist and artifact analyst Laura
Galke,” said Henley.
The date of the trip coincides
with the 227th anniversary of
Mary Ball Washington’s death
on August 25, 1789. Before
leaving Fredericksburg, the
group also will lay a wreath at
the memorial monument near
her burial site.
The tour will depart from
Lively at 8 a.m. and return by
6:30 p.m. Advance payment is
required to secure a space. The
fee is $80 for MBWML members or $90 for non-members,
and covers all tour fees, lunch,
transportation and gratuities.
A tour ticket plus one year of
MBWML membership is also
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KING GEORGE–The public
is invited to join the Friends of
the Rappahannock (FOR) for a
“Marsh Madness Paddle” on Saturday, August 13, in King George
County. A ticket includes a kayak,
life vest, and paddle.
Elysa Mills from FOR and the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation will
lead a discussion on marsh ecology. As the tide comes in, the
group will paddle by kayak into
creeks and observe marsh plants
and wildlife.
Participants will meet at Hopyard Landing in King George
County at 8 a.m. The trip ends at
noon. Bring lunch, lots of water
and sunscreen. The minimum age
is 12. The back-up date is August
14.
Tickets are $40 for individuals
and $120 per family ($32/$96 for
FOR members). For more information, call 540-373-3448. Preregister at www.riverfriends.org.
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Call 804-758-2328 or 804-435-1701
Sid Mace, organizer of the BBQ Masters Competition at Rice’s Hotel/
Hughlett’s Tavern, displays his personal grill, affectionately named
“Miss Piggy.”
Calling all BBQ masters
N O RT H U M B E R L A N D —
Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern,
73 Monument Place, Heathsville,
will hold the second annual BBQ
Masters Competition on Saturday, September 17, as part of
the Heathsville Farmers Market.
All aspiring barbecue masters
are invited to compete for cash
prizes and “bragging rights.”
Teams of one or more, headed
by a “pit master,” will be asked
to barbecue chicken thighs and
ribs on the premises, said market
manager Corinne Becker. The
competition will be overseen
by Sidney Mace of Reedville, a
North Carolina Barbecue Soci-
ety Certified Barbecue Judge.
First prize is $200; second prize
is $100; third prize is $50.
The public will be able to
watch the teams as they prepare
and barbecue their meats.
The market takes place from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The competition
will continue to 4 p.m. There will
be a live band and beer tasting,
plus barbecue for the public to
enjoy as they wait for the panel
of six judges to select the winners.
There is a $25 entry fee for the
competition. For entry forms and
complete rules, visit rhhtfoundationinc.org, or call 580-3377.
Crab feast set Sept. 3
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NORTHUMBERLAND—The Northumberland County Community
Center Organization, 679 Browns Store Road, Browns Store, will host
an “all-you-can-eat” crab feast at 3 p.m, September 3.
The menu will include crabs, hot dogs, hamburgers, cold drinks, beer
and wine. For tickets, call 480-0369, 577-3414, 724-3240, or 580-1014.
Entries sought for ‘Healthy
Living! Photo Contest’
GLOUCESTER—The Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Community
Services Board Prevention Services Division will sponsor a “Celebrate
Healthy Living! Photo Contest” for their 2017 calendar. Submit your
healthy living photo and/or food recipe online to [email protected].
va.us.
A photo and photo release form must be completed and signed at the
time of submission. The photo size must be 8.5’’x11’’ (jpg or pdf) with
minimum resolution of 300 DPI. Entries must be submitted by Monday,
August 1. For more information, call 804-642-5402 or 1-888-PREV.550.
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August 2016
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In addition to the sites listed
in this director y, the Middle
Peninsula Chesapeake Bay
Public Access Authority (MPPAA) now has a public water
access and recreational land
online reser vation system
for reser ving hunting tracts,
nature trails, public shoreline fishing, water fowl hunting, crabbing, boat slips, and
many other public outdoor
recreational oppor tunities on
the Middle Peninsula. Visit
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cus of the natural area. Five
hiking trails. Limited tours of
the eagle area are of fered
mid-June through Aug. by
reser vation only. Guests can
learn more about Caledon by
touring the visitor center.
Barnesfield Park
(540) 663-3205
Hwy. 301 at the Potomac
Gateway Welcome Center,
King George. 175-acre county
park on the Potomac River
with nature trails, picnic areas, playground, and beach
fishing.
Lancaster
Essex
Essex County Parks and
Recreation Department
305 Cross Street
Tappahannock
443-2470
Spor ts activities for youth and
adults. Ball fields at Essex
High School.
Marsh Street Park
Marsh St.
Tappahannock
443-2470
The park is run by Essex
County Parks and Recreation
Depar tment, pool open June–
Aug., Tues.–Sat. 11 a.m.–6
p.m. and Sun. 1–6 p.m.
Tennis Courts
833 High School Circle
Tappahannock
443-2470
At Essex High School. Open
to the public from 5 p.m. until dark when school is not in
session.
Gloucester
Ark Park
7963 Number Nine Rd.
Gloucester
This active park features
soccer fields, a softball
field,
outdoor
basketball
cour t, restrooms and a large
playground.
Beaverdam Park
8687 Roaring Springs Rd.
Gloucester
693-2107
The park contains a 635-acre
freshwater lake. Eleven fish
attractors and several species
of fish are found there. Canoes, kayaks, paddle boats,
1632 Belle Isle Rd.
Lancaster
462-5030
Adults enjoy a sand soccer game at Woodville Park, 7766 Brays Point Road in Gloucester County. The park
A 700-acre park on the
is open daily from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Rappahannock River, Mulberr y and Deep creeks. Open
and Jon boats with or without Gloucester
693-2355 chure with maps and infor- daily, sunrise to sunset. Picelectric motors are for rent. 25 public parks or water ac- mation, an orientation to the nic areas, handicap accespark, and an oppor tunity to sible boardwalk and fishing
Launch your own for a fee. cess areas.
schedule your visit around pier,
hiking/biking
trails,
Motors powered by fuels are
interpretive programs going bridle paths, motorboat ramp
not permitted. The park has Public Beach
a playground, picnic shelter Gloucester Point Beach on Rt. on throughout the day. The ($3 fee). Canoe and kayak
and an extensive hiking trail 1208 at the York River. Fish- entrance fee to the Yorktown rentals, bicycle and motorBattlefield is collected at the boat rentals. The park also
system including an interpre- ing and restrooms.
visitor center. Adults (16 and of fers sunset and moonlight
tive trail, and multi-use trail
older) $7; 15 and younger, canoe trips, nature programs
for horseback riding or biking. Tyndall Point Park
free.
and overnight camping and
Open daily from sunrise to 1376 Vernon St.
accommodations. Parking fee
sunset. Fishing and hunting Gloucester Point
$4 weekends/holidays, $3
licenses, bait and snacks are The park contains remnants Public Beach
weekdays.
available.
of Confederate and Union 425 Water St.
for tifications. It is the site of Yorktown
Brown Park
colonial Gloucester Towne, Two-acre beachfront provides Scottie Yard
Foster Rd.
the first building of which was oppor tunities for boating, N. Main St. and Town Centre
Gloucester
a tobacco warehouse built in swimming, and fishing. A fish- Dr.
Features a half pipe and large 1632. It also has open play ing pier and 10-acre grass Kilmarnock
picnic area are also available. The Kilmarnock Dog Park feaconcrete area with ramps and areas.
A public restroom/shower fa- tures of f-leash play areas for
rails for skateboarders. An
cility is located next to the small and large dogs. Open
open, tree-lined grass area is Woodville Park
Dock Master’s of fice and is dawn to dusk.
also available.
Bray’s Point Rd./
open April through October.
Woodville Park Rd.
Hiking Trails
Gloucester Point Beach
The county’s newest park
Hickor y Hollow Trail, 2 miles
Park
contains hundreds of acres
of marked trail, Regina Rd.
1255 Greate Rd.
of land donated to Gloucester King George
(Rt. 604) in Lancaster Cour tGloucester Point
for preser vation of green Caledon Natural Area
house. Open dawn to dusk.
The park of fers fishing space. Includes soccer and 11617 Caledon Rd.
(800)
Chesapeake Trail, 1.5 mi. hikwith no license required, football fields, gardens, hik- King George
ing trail geared to kids, Mar y
public beach, playground, ing paths and an area for 933-PARK
restrooms, snack bar, an ob- events and social activities. A National Natural Landmark, Ball Rd. (Rt.3) ¼ mile east of
Caledon was the early colo- Lancaster Cour thouse. Open
ser vation deck with high pownial seat of the Alexander dawn to dusk.
ered binoculars to view birds
Historic Yorktown
family. John and Philip Al- Baylor Nature Trail on Norris
and wildlife.
Yorktown Visitor’s Center/ exander founded the city of Pond in Kilmarnock is on a
Battlefield
Alexandria and established former logging road. On Mar y
The Gloucester
1000 Colonial Parkway
Caledon Plantation in 1659. Ball Rd. (Rt. 3) east of downDepartment of Parks and
Yorktown
757-898-2410 Preser vation of the bald ea- town Kilmarnock. Open dawn
Recreation
46 f
You can obtain a park bro- gle habitat is the primar y fo6467 Main St.
August 2016
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Parks
f 55
to dusk.
Public Beach
Westland Beach at the terminus of Windmill Point Rd. (Rt.
695) provides access to the
Chesapeake Bay. Open dawn
to dusk.
Mathews
Bethel Beach
Natural Area Preserve
Turn left on Rt. 611 just south
of the town of Mathews. Turn
right on Rt. 643, then left on
Rt. 609. This 50-acre parcel
contains a sandy beach, low
dunes and salt marsh habitat
bordering the Chesapeake
Bay. Over 90 bird species
have been repor ted on the
preser ve, which also protects
the globally rare Nor theastern Beach Tiger Beetle.
Mathews Recreation Park
The park is next to Mathews
High School. It has a softball field, basketball cour t,
playground and two lighted
tennis cour ts. Rt. 14 about
a mile nor th of Mathews
Cour thouse.
Public Beaches
New Point Comfor t Island at
the Bay is accessible only by
boat at high tide.
Haven Beach, Diggs on Rt.
643 at the Bay.
Put-in-Creek Park
725-7172
Kayak and canoe launch,
Brickbat Road at Mathews
Cour thouse, next to the
firehouse.
den and kayak landing. Open
225-2303
daily from dawn to dusk.
This 316-acre preser ve contains one of the most sigLewis B. Puller Memorial
nificant wetlands on the
Park
Chesapeake Bay for marshSaluda
bird
communities.
Sand
The park is sponsored by the beach habitat is impor tant for
Middlesex County Museum the threatened Nor theastern
and is open 24 hours a day Beach Tiger Beetle. Facilities
and is on Business Rt. 17 include a trail and boardwalk,
across from the museum.
a wildlife viewing platform,
and parking area. Jessie Ball
Urbanna Waterman’s Park
duPont Mem. Hwy (Rt. 200)
Colorado Ave.
to Shiloh School Rd. (Rt. 606)
Urbanna
turn left on Balls Neck Rd.
Overlooks the Rappahannock (Rt. 605).
River. There is a picnic area
and the park is open from Fishing Piers
sunrise to sunset.
The Great Wicomico Public Fishing Pier is on the
Middlesex County
southern shore of the Great
Sports Complex
Wicomico River just of f Jessie
Sports Complex Rd.
Ball duPont Mem. Hwy. (Rt.
Locust Hill
200) near the bridge at Glebe
Walking track, volleyball and Point. Open from sunrise to
basketball cour ts, soccer/ sunset.
football field. Open dawn to
dusk.Softball/baseball fields Hughlett Point
must be scheduled through Natural Area Preserve
Spor ts Complex Committee.
225-2303
The 205-acre preser ve has
sand beaches on the ChesaPublic Beach
Wake Beach at the end of Rt. peake Bay and the mouth of
Dividing Creek, hiking trails
627.
and obser vation decks to
view shorebirds, deer, turSwimming Pools
Town
of
Urbanna
and key and migrator y water fowl.
Deltaville Community Associa- The beaches are home to
tion (for residents and guests the threatened Nor theastern
Beach Tiger Beetle. Take Jesof residents).
sie Ball duPont Mem. Hwy. (Rt.
200) turn on Shiloh School Rd.
Taber Park
(Rt. 606) to the end. Turn right
351 Bonner St.
on Balls Neck Rd. (Rt. 605).
Urbanna
For residents and guests of
residents: playground and Public Beach
Vir-Mar Beach at the end of
swimming.
Vir-Mar Beach Rd. (Rt. 643 )
in Hack’s Neck.
Northumberland
Bush Mill Stream
At the mouth of Bush Mill
Stream freshwater meets
the saltwater of the Great
Wicomico River. Tidal marshes and mud flats are hidden
between steep-sided forested
Middlesex
shores. Access by foot or
Holly Point Nature Park
canoe. Open daylight hours.
Deltaville
Trails, boardwalk, viewing platThe park of fers a retreat on form and interpretive signs
the banks of Mill Creek. Ac- for an abundance of wildlife.
tivities available are picnick- Four miles from Heathsville
ing, bird watching or walking on Cour thouse Rd. (Rt. 201),
the nature trail. Visitors can continue straight on Knights
explore the fish-shaped wild- Lodge Dr. (Rt. 642) for half a
flower meadow and view mile, and turn left at the sign.
the boats exhibited by the
Deltaville Maritime Museum. Dameron Marsh
There is also a children’s gar- Natural Area Preserve
Williams Wharf Landing
1039 Williams Whar f Road.
Open daily sunrise to sunset.
Fishing pier, kayak launch,
pavilion.
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One of four refuges that comprise the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge
Complex. It protects 20,000
acres of wetlands and associated uplands along the
river and its major tributaries.
At least four federally-listed
threatened or endangered
species may be found, including the American bald eagle,
peregrine falcon, shor tnose
sturgeon, and sensitive joint
vetch. The refuge hosts three
sites on the Virginia Birding
and Wildlife Trail.
Totuskey Tricentennial
Park
With boat landing, Rt. 3 at Totuskey Creek Bridge.
Warsaw Main Street Town
Park
171 Main St.
Playground, picnic tables.
Open dawn to dusk daily.
Castlewood Park
On Castlewood Dr. Permit
required for parties over 20
people.
Hurt Field at Legion Park
Rt. 3 west of Montross. Fouracre public park adjacent to
Chandlers Mill Pond offering
recreational opportunities for
county residents.
Oak Grove Park
Rt. 205 between Oak Grove
and Colonial Beach. Eight-acre
public park featuring a sports
field, playground and picnic
area.
Robin Grove Park
Colonial Beach
On Robin Grove, off Monroe
Bay Ave.
Public Beach
Colonial Beach
Sunrise to sunset.
Wilna Pond
333-1470
A 35-acre site, is open to public fishing. The pond is home
to large mouth bass, bluegill
sunfish, fliers, yellow bullhead
catfish and American eel. The
Wilna Unit is open for observation and photography daily,
sunrise to sunset. Access for
canoes and kayaks is available. All other refuge units
are open by advanced reservation only. Headquar ters are
open Mon.–Fri., 8 a.m.–4:30
p.m., except federal holidays.
From Tappahannock, take US360 E. toward Warsaw. Follow US-360 E. for 4.1 miles,
then turn left onto Rt. 624/
Newland Rd. Follow Newland
Rd. for 4.2 miles, then turn
left onto Strangeway/Rt 636.
Follow Strangeway for ¼ mile,
then turn right onto Sandy
Ln./Rt 640. Follow Sandy Ln.
for 1.1 miles, then turn left
into Rappahannock River Valley NWR.
Voorhees Nature Preserve
1235 Berry Farm Ln.
Colonial Beach
(434) 295-6106
A 729-acre preser ve on
the
northeast
bank
of
Rappahannock River, next to
Westmoreland Berr y Farm.
Four miles of wooded trails for
self-guided walks. Trail map
available at the Westmoreland
Berr y Farm store. Open weekends, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Apr. 22–
Dec. 17.
Westmoreland Parks and
Recreation Department
493-8163
Provides recreation ser vices to
all county citizens and visitors.
1650 State Park Rd.
Fishing Pier
Montross
Rt. 624 to Rt. 638.
The park extends about one
and a half miles along the
Public Beach
Potomac River, and its 1,299
4011 Naylors Beach Rd.
acres neighbor the former
Warsaw
homes of both George WashTake Rt. 360 to Rt. 624 to Rt.
ington and Robert E. Lee. The
Westmoreland
634.
Horsehead Cliffs provide visiA.T. Johnson
tors with a spectacular view of
Recreation Center
Public Hiking Trails
the Potomac River. The park
18849 Kings Hwy.
Warsaw
offers hiking, camping, cabins,
Richmond County trail behind Montross
fishing, boating and swimming.
Rappahannock
Community Aerobics, dance classes, The visitor center gives a historcooking programs, basket- ical and ecological perspective
College, Rt. 360.
ball, gymnastics, volleyball, to an important natural area on
Rappahannock River Valley enclosed batting cage, soccer the coastal plain.
National Wildlife Refuge
and baseball fields and small
updates to this directory, please
336 Wilna Rd.
auditorium. Meeting room To make
Warsaw
and patio available for rental.
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Sex and Consequences’
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MIDDLESEX—On
Sunday,
August 7, from 4-6 p.m., Christy
Coleman will present “Love, Sex and
Consequences: An Intimate Look
at the American Civil War” during a
fundraiser for the Middlesex County
Museum and Historical Society.
Hosted at Regatta Point in Deltaville,
the afternoon presentation will include
refreshments and a cash bar.
Coleman is a dynamic speaker
and has lectured extensively across
the United States on interpretations
covering the Confederacy, Union,
African-Americans, women, and the
war’s causes and outcomes. In 2013,
she became co-CEO of the American
Civil War Museum—a new museum
that combined the Center at Tredegar with the Museum of the Confederacy. Today she serves as CEO of
the museum in both Richmond and
Appomattox. “It is a multiple-tiered hat
that she wears well,” said a Middlesex
Museum spokesperson.
Seeking to explore the war from different perspectives and encompassing
the many personalities and voices that
make up the two divergent museums’
collections, the new partnership is
seeking to raise $35 million to tell the
story, the whole story. The museum’s
mission is simple—be the preeminent center for the exploration of the
American Civil War and its legacies,
from multiple perspectives: Union and
Confederate, enslaved and free African-Americans, soldiers and civilians.
The new completed museum will be
finished in 2018.
Coleman has consulted with some
of the country’s leading museums
and written a number of scholarly
and public history articles, as well as
being an award-winning screenwriter
for educational television. Her work
“Freedom Bound” won an Emmy in
2009 for Outstanding Educational Programming for Colonial Williamsburg
Productions.
She was born in Winter Park, Florida, and moved to Williamsburg at
the age of 7. She grew up surrounded
by the Commonwealth’s vast array of
multi-layered historical stories.
After completing a bachelor’s and
master’s degree in museum studies
from Hampton University, she went
to work for the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation as a living history interpreter. Climbing a 10-year ladder, she
left after serving as director of historic
programs. In 1999 she was named
president and CEO of the Charles H.
Wright Museum of African-American
History in Detroit, Michigan. It is the
Christy Coleman
nation’s largest African-American
museum. She left there in 2013 to
come to Richmond and start her new
job with the American Civil War
Museum.
Across Richmond, the response to
her discussion, “Love, Sex and Consequences: An Intimate Look at the
American Civil War,” has been overwhelmingly positive and unexpected,
with audiences-both traditional and
new, said the museum spokesperson.
Coleman said, “Throughout time,
young couples finding love in the midst
of war is often romanticized. The story
usually follows that a brave young man
marches off to war, while the love he
leaves behind is dutiful in her writing
and keeping the torch lit only for him.
But the realities of separation from
loved ones often proved far more problematic. Women of the working poor
class had few options when soldiers
were called to duty. Many either followed the army or turned to the “oldest
profession” to keep themselves and
their families fed. Soldiers, especially
those encountering major cities for the
first time, encountered temptations that
often left them “burning with desire.”
Coleman will explore it all, from the
most heartfelt and heart-breaking stories to the more salacious and criminal
accounts.
Tickets are $25 and can be ordered
from the Middlesex Museum website
at Middlesexmuseum.com or picked
up at the museum. Refreshments will
be served with a cash bar.
The Event Center at Dozier’s
Regatta Point Marina is at 137 Neptune
Lane in Deltaville.
The Middlesex County Museum
is at 777 General Puller Highway
in Saluda, one block from the Historic Courthouse Square, and is open
Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Riverboat on the Potomac: food, fun & family friendly
by Sarah Bowis
Riverboat
on the
Potomac
301 Beach Terrace
Colonial Beach,
VA 22443
(804) 224-7055
theriverboat.net
Open
Monday- 11AM to 6 PM
Tuesday- 11 AM to 8 PM
Wed.- 11 AM to 9 PM
Thursday- 11 AM to 9 PM
Friday- 11 AM to
11:30 PM
Saturday- 11 AM to
11:30 PM
Sunday- 9 AM to 8 PM
On the Menu
Lunch & dinner: seafood,
chicken, beef, soups, &
salads.
Did you
know?
The Riverboat has
three facilities to
accommodate any size
party, wedding or special event. A Wedding
Show event is October
23, 2016 from 1-4 pm.
Operation: Help Our
Vets is scheduled for
November 12, 2016.
Tickets go on sale
October 15 and are
$30 a couple or $16
for an individual. Your
ticket includes a buffet
dinner. Additional information may be found on
the Riverboat website,
theriverboat.net.
O
verlooking the Potomac
River in the quaint waterfront town of Colonial
Beach, the Riverboat on the Potomac
encourages multiple accesses: by
boat, golf cart, helicopter, motorcycle or car. Once called Old Reno,
the Riverboat was purchased back
in the early 90s by Tom and Penny
Flanagan and was the core of leisurely activities in and around the
Westmoreland town. Keno arrived
with the Flanagans and in 1994, they
received their license for Off Track
Betting (OTB). But on September
18, 2003, Hurricane Isabel swept
through the Northern Neck, destroying the building. Tom and Penny
rebuilt the Riverboat, but sadly Tom
did not live to see the completion of
the new building, making Penny the
only female OTB owner in the state
of Maryland. According to their
website, the Riverboat is in both Virginia and Maryland because it jets
out into the Potomac River.
I’m not one for laying odds, but
when struck with the opportunity
to visit Colonial Beach, the town
the Saturday Evening Post termed
Little Las Vegas, I was ready for a
fun afternoon. Joined by friend and
co-worker Lisa, we were seated on
the back deck, given an umbrella,
and enjoyed the sounds of jet skis
whizzing by, families laughing and
playing on the beach nearby and
panoramic views of the Maryland
coastline. Dining outside meant we
got to enjoy clear views of Swan
Point and Woodland Point, Maryland along with faint views of the
Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge.
Mermaid Water was the daily
drink special. A recipe of coconut rum, pineapple juice and blue
curacao, topped with an orange
and cherry made it an easy choice
for me. Lisa opted for a refreshing
pina colada. Our friendly waitress
explained the menu was new and the
highlighted items such as the crab
dip, crab cake and shipwreck platter
are among customer favorites. Fried
green tomatoes and steamed mussels were on special as a appetizers.
I never pass up steamed mussels, but
was sad to learn the mussels were
already sold out for the day. Lisa and
I selected the fried green tomatoes
and crab dip for starters. Huge fried
green tomatoes were served with a
tasty tangy remoulade sauce. The
hot and creamy crab dip was served
with slices of buttered baguettes and
was delicious. We both agreed with
other customers that the crab dip is
certainly a favorite menu item.
Lisa and I were enjoying a late
lunch, gave in to temptation and
ordered dinner entrees. The new
menu offers entrees from salads, to
soups and sandwiches, to seafood,
chicken and beef. Po’boys and baskets are also featured. Weekly dinner
specials feature a Tuesday night
10-ounce prime
rib for $12 and
a Friday night
all-you-can-eat
fish fry for $12.
Prime rib is a
regular
menu
item, so even
though it wasn’t
Tuesday,
Lisa
ordered it. She
decided on the
16-ounce prime
rib, knowing she
could
always
take
leftovers
home. It came
served with vegetables and baby
bakers
(small
skin-on
potatoes
seasoned
to perfection).
The
delicious
and tender prime rib was cooked to
an ideal medium and served with
au jus. I was leaning towards the
shrimp flatbread pizza but finally
decided on the crab stuffed shrimp,
also served with vegetables and
baby bakers. The delicious fourlarge shrimp are stuffed with the
Riverboat’s signature crab blend
then baked and it was just as tasty
as it sounds.
Saving a little room for dessert,
I quickly decided on the sunken
treasure-a chocolate lava cake, surrounded with vanilla ice cream,
whipped cream and drizzled with
chocolate sauce. Lisa, who only ate
half her prime rib to save room for
dessert, was enticed by the orange
dreamsicle cake-a large slice of
orange flavored cake with a cream
cheese and white chocolate icing
served with a dollop of whipped
cream. The last course served as a
great ending to a fun, tasty and hot
afternoon in Colonial Beach.
And although there is off-trackbetting on premises, the dining
room is family-friendly. There’s
even a children’s menu.
Colonial Beach is a town with
history while offering a great variety
of activities. The beaches are coined
the second longest public beach in
the Commonwealth and offer jet
ski, kayak and water ski rentals. I
encourage you to plan either a day
trip or better yet, a peaceful weekend getaway to Colonial Beach, I’m
certain my family and friends will
be visiting this small Westmoreland
town very soon.
Rivah Dining
estaurants are listed by
county and all are in the
(804) area code unless noted.
Call for hours. B=breakfast,
L=lunch, D=dinner. $ indicates
average price range of entrees:
$ = under $10; $$ = $10 to
$16; $$$ = over $16.
R
eat
Ann’s Family Dining
545 Market Dr.
Gloucester
693-1764
Applebee’s
6086 Walton Ln.
Gloucester
694-3160
American cuisine, steaks, ribs,
stir-fried specialties and more.
Take out available. L/D/$$.
Essex
Almost There Family Dining
6501 Richmond-Tapp. Hwy.
Tappahannock
443-2622
American cuisine. Steaks, burgers, barbecue, sandwiches,
seafood and daily specials.
B/L/D/$.
Bangkok Noi
6724 Main St.
Gloucester
695-1177
Traditional Thai cuisine. Full sushi bar. Happy hours Mon.–Fri.
L/D/$-$$.
Applebee’s
Tappahannock
443-0361
American cuisine, steaks, ribs,
stir-fried specialties and more.
L/D/$$.
Courthouse Restaurant
6714 Main St.
Gloucester
210-1506
Serving breakfast all day. Daily
specials and homemade pies.
B/L/D/$.
Asia Café
Tappahannock
445-9991
Chinese restaurant serving
Szechwan, Hunan and Cantonese cuisine. Take out. L/D/$.
Bella’s Italian Restaurant
and Pizzeria
Tappahannock
443-4912
Pizza, subs, spaghetti, and
wraps.
Lunch
specials.
L/D/$-$$.
Better Than a Great Day
1388-C Tappahannock Blvd.
Tappahannock
443-4064
Ice cream, fudge, candy. $.
Captain’s Grill and Patio
528 N. Church Ln.
Tappahannock
443-2800
Appetizers, burgers, steaks,
seafood, sandwiches, and a late
night menu. L/D/$$.
China King Buffet
Tappahannock
443-2999
Chinese Szechwan, Cantonese
and Peking cuisines plus American foods. Lunch specials, family dinners. L/D/$$.
Echoes
Tappahannock
925-6491
Closed Tues. Soup, salad, and
sandwich shop serving coffee,
tea, beer, and wine selections.
Southwind Pizza in Mathews
Fat Finch in Tappahannock
324 Prince Street
Tappahannock
333-3188
Steaks and seafood. L/D/$–$$.
Ferguson Oyster Company
Seafood Market
36423 Tidewater Trail
Laneview
758-8800
Full line of fresh seafood. Special requests and orders. Open
Thurs.–Sun.
Pueblo Azteca Mexican
Restaurant and Cantina
330 Prince St.
Tappahannock
925-6149
Serving authentic mexican cuisine. L/D/$-$$.
Java Jacks
504 Church Lane
Tappahannock
443-5225
Open 7 days a week, serving
breakfast all day, fresh local
veggie of the day, homemade
quiche, pies & cakes, vegetarian
menu. Smoothies, coffee bar,
expresso. Catering. L/D/$.
cakes, oysters, shrimp, fish,
beef and all-American chicken.
House salad dressings. Meeting
facilities. L/D/$$.
Northern Neck Burger
Company
303 Queen St.
Tappahannock
925-6100
Open seven days a week.
Wood-grilled, hand-crafted burgers, craft beers and shakes.
L/D/$-$$.
Parr’s Drive Inn
715 N. Church Ln.
Tappahannock
443-2000
Burgers, sandwiches, ice cream
and more. B/L/D/$.
Pizza Hut
Tappahannock
443-2915
Different styles of pizza along
with side dishes including salad,
pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread. L/D/$$.
Rivahside Cafe
221 Prince St.
Tappahannock
443-2333
Los Portales
Signature items include burgers,
homemade chicken salad and
Tappahannock
443-0132 soups. B/L/$.
Authentic
Mexican
cuisine.
Featuring quesadillas, fajitas, Roma’s Italian Restaurant
burritos, enchiladas and more. 1250 Tappahannock Blvd.
L/D/$-$$.
Tappahannock
443-5240
Complete Italian menu. Lunch
Lowery’s Seafood
and dinner specials. L/D/$-$$.
528 North Church Ln.
Now with Twister’z premium yoTappahannock
443-2800 gurt. Offering 10 flavors $.
Family dining, specializing in crab
The Sandbar
1267 Hobbs Hole Dr.
Tappahannock
443-1800 Daffodil Vintage on Main
6604 Main St.
Closed Mon. L/D/$–$$.
Gloucester 694-6310 Restaurant, tea room, coffee bar. $$
Shoney’s
Tappahannock
443-5306 Damon’s
Breakfast, lunch & dinner buf- 7104 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.
693-7218
fets. Serving fresh local seafood Gloucester
Seafood, prime rib, sandwiches,
every weekend. B/L/D/$.
subs. B/L/D/$$.
TBonz and Tuna
Egghead’s Diner
429 Dock St.
Tappahannock
445-8862 1759 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.
684-1222
A specialty meat and seafood Gloucester
shop. Boar’s Head deli meats Fresh, local seafood, desserts,
and cheeses, specialty items full menu including breakfast
and ready-to-cook meals, beers available all day. B/L/D $-$$.
and wines. Fresh bait and ice for
your river fishing needs. Carry Good Fortune
Chinese Restaurant
out only. L/$$.
6904 Main St.
Gloucester
694-0111
To Do Cafe & Restaurant
Cantonese and Szechwan. Beer,
1008 Church Ln.
Tappahannock
443-2002 wine, cocktails. L/D/$$.
Traditional American food: Barbeque, burgers, hot dogs, sea- Good Life Kitchen & Rachel’s
Juices & Smoothies
food and steaks. L/D/$.
6558 Main St.
Gloucester
684-8480
Gloucester
Creperies, deli, Greek, MediterAnna’s Pizza
ranean and Italian sandwiches.
6545 Market Dr.
Southern, vegan, and vegetarGloucester
693-4171 ian. $.
Pizza, subs, salads, Italian dinners. L/D/$$.
Goodfellas
Anna’s Pizza
Gloucester
693-5950
Seafood, steaks, Blue Crab marGlenns
758-1112 garitas. Open 7 days a week.
Pasta dishes, subs, pizza. Take L/D/$$–$$$.
60 f
out only. L/D/$-$$.
August 2016
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Dining
f 59
Dock & Dine
Looking for a place where you
can pull up in your boat and
enjoy a meal by the water?
The following restaurants offer
moorings for customers. See
full restaurant listings for more
information.
Potomac River Area
Dockside Restaurant and
Tiki Bar – Monroe Creek
Riverboat on the Potomac
Great Wicomico
River Area
The Crazy Crab – Cockrell’s
Creek
Deli at Cockrell’s Creek Seafood – Cockrell’s Creek
Leadbelly’s
–
Cockrell’s
Creek
Horn Harbor House Restaurant – Great Wicomico River
Rappahannock
River Area
The Railway – Broad Creek
Merroir Tasting Room –
Locklies Creek
The Tides Inn – Carters
Creek
Urbanna Seafood Market –
Robinson Creek
North River Area
The Barnacle – Greenmansion Creek
Piankatank River Area
Seabreeze Restaurant –
Milford Haven
York River Area
York River Oyster Company Sarah’s Creek
Restaurants along Historic
Yorktown’s Riverwalk –
York River
60 • Rivah
August 2016
Great Wall
6585 Market Dr.
Gloucester
695-0500
Hunan and Szechwan Chinese
cuisine. L/D/$.
Hana Sushi
Hayes
642-3055
Sushi bar and Japanese Hibachi
cooking. Watch the chefs perform tricks with knives as they
cook to order. D/$$.
Hong Kong
Hayes
642-5555
Chinese takeout. Small eat-in
area. L/D/$$.
Juan’s Mexican Cafe
and Cantina
Hayes
642-5401
Mexican menu. L/D/$$.
Kelsick Specialty Market
6632 Main St.
Gloucester
693-6500
Carry-out catering, box lunches,
gourmet baskets. Wine and beer
selection and tastings. $-$$.
Las Tunas Mexican
6870 Main St.
Gloucester
693-2153
Authentic Mexican fare. L/D/$.
Little Italy
6685 Fox Centre Pkwy.
Gloucester
993-2646
Wide selection of delicious
and affordable Italian cuisine.
L/D/$-$$.
LuLu Birds
6553 Main St
Gloucester
210-1417
Eclectic American menu. Closed
Mondays. L/D/$$.
Nick’s Spaghetti
and Steak House
Gloucester Point
642-2330
Traditional Greek cuisine, Italian dishes, steaks and seafood.
L/D/$$.
Number One
7481 Hargett Blvd.
Gloucester
693-3851
Chinese cuisine. L/D/$$.
Olivia’s in the Village
6597 Main St.
Gloucester
694-0057
Steaks, seafood and pasta,
Family friendly frozen yogurt Carrot Tree
shop featuring a wide variety of 323 Water St.
flavors and 60 toppings. $.
Yorktown
757-988-1999
Papa John’s
Bakery and deli items. All dishes
prepared from scratch, includHayes
693-4433 The Office Bar and Grille
ing fresh-baked goods, wraps,
Take out and delivery only. 4115 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.
Hayes
993-7266 deli sides, salads, soups and
L/D/$-$$.
Southern food, casual atmo- desserts. Limited seating and a
sphere. L/D/$-$$.
sidewalk cafe. B/L/$$.
Patriots Grille
7313 Main St.
Duke of York Island Grille
Gloucester
824-9703 Tony and Milena’s Pizzeria
508 Water St.
Open 7 days a week. L/D/$$.
Hayes
684-0708 Yorktown
757-898-5270
Authentic Italian food. $$.
York River views. B/L/D/$$-$$$.
Pizza Hut
Riverwalk Restaurant
Gloucester Point
642-4620 Wild Ginger
323 Water St.
Different styles of pizza along 6904 Main St.
694-0111 Yorktown
757-875-1522
with side dishes including salad, Gloucester
pasta, buffalo wings, bread- Fine Chinese and Asian cuisine. Fresh seafood, steaks & chops;
wraps and more with views of
sticks, and garlic bread. L/D/$$. L/D/$$.
the York River. Bar offers full
York River Oyster Company
menu as well as a special Tapas
Ruby Tuesday
8109 Yacht Haven Rd.
and wine menu. L/D/$$$.
6749 Fox Center Pkwy.
993-7174
Gloucester
694-4955 Gloucester Point
Burgers, extensive salad bar. Provides seasonal entrees us- Umi Sushi
American style cooking. L/D/$$. ing fresh, local seafood and 327 Water St.
produce. Views of Sarah Creek Yorktown
757-989-6464
on the York River. Outdoor din- Japanese restaurant offering auSal’s Pizza
ing available. Weekend brunch. thentic oriental dishes such as
sushi, salads, and signature KoHayes
642-6470 L/D/$$-$$$.
rean dish bibimbap. Saki, beer,
Subs, pizza, pastas. L/D/$$.
wine, soda, and a variety of teas
Historic Yorktown
are served. L/D/$$.
Scoot’s Barbecue
2091 G. Washington Mem. Hwy. Beach Delly
Water Street Grille
Gloucester
Pt.
993-7063 524 Water St.
Yorktown
757-886-5890 323 Water St.
Barbecue at its best! L/D/$$.
Dining with river views. Home- Yorktown
757-369-5644
made pizza, subs, deli sand- Artisan pizzas, fresh seafood,
Short Lane
wiches with fresh cut fries, and tapas and more. Twenty microIce Cream Company
homemade desserts. L/D/$$.
brew beers featured on-tap dai6721 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.
ly. Indoor and outdoor seating
Gloucester
695-2999
offers a view of the York River.
Over 20 flavors of homemade Ben & Jerry’s
ice cream. Banana splits, fancy Green Mountain Coffee Café L/D/$$.
323 Water St.
sundaes, cones and dishes. $.
Yorktown
757-969-1990 Yorktown Pub
30 flavors of premium ice cream, 540 Water St.
Sunrise Donuts
shakes, sundaes, and all natu- Yorktown
757-886-9964
Hayes
210-1215 ral fresh fruit smoothies. WiFi Full pub menu including fresh
Open 7 days a week. Bakery, & ATM. Green Mountain Coffee seafood. Live entertainment on
coffee, donuts, cheesecakes, Café features organically grown weekends overlooking the York
and freshly ground espresso, River. L/D/$$.
baked goods. $.
cappuccino, caffè latte, caffè
mocha, and specialty coffee
Sweet Frog of Gloucester
King & Queen
drinks. $.
6826 Walton Ln.
Albara Pizzeria
Gloucester
693-4065
B/L/D/$$.
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2811 Cople Hwy., Montross
804-333-3935
123 Maple St. Unit 3, Warsaw
Dining
Mattaponi
785-2720
Pizza, pasta, subs, salads and
more. Italian food, friendly atmosphere. L/D/$-$$.
Dixie Deli
55 Irvington Rd.
Kilmarnock
435-6745
Soups, hot and cold sandwiches
and salads. L/$.
Nick’s Spaghetti
and Steak House
Shacklefords
785-6300
Specializing in Italian food and
steaks. L/D/$$.
Golden Eagle Grill
364 Clubhouse Dr.
Irvington
438-4460
Closed Tues. New menu for
2016. Soups, salads, specialty
baskets and sandwiches. Available for private parties. L/$-$$.
Lancaster
Alley Cafe Sports Lounge
608 N. Main St.
Kilmarnock
436-1100
Daily specials. B/L/D/$.
Anna’s
150 Old Fairgrounds Way
Kilmarnock
435-8960
Pasta, pizza, subs, seafood and
steaks. L/D/$-$$.
Bluewater Seafood and Deli
459 N. Main St.
Kilmarnock
435-3530
Fresh Seafood and homemade
deli items. Wide selection of
wines. Lunch on weekends. $$.
Carwash Cafe and Catering
481 North Main St.
Kilmarnock
435-0405
Take out available. B/L/$.
Carried Away Cuisine
10 N. Main St.
Kilmarnock
435-9191
Specialty coffees, sandwiches,
fresh salads, homemade soups
and desserts. Gourmet entrees
to go. B/L/$-$$.
Chesapeake Bay Chip
Company
114 School St.
Kilmarnock
577-5516
All day breakfast and lunch. Deli,
beer and wine. B/L/$.
Corner Bar and Grill
5360 Mary Ball Rd.
Lively
462-0110
Home of the ½ lb. black angus
burger, no filler crab cake. Thurs.
night is shrimp night. L/D/$.
Country Cottage
Ice Cream Shop
and Fudge Factory
795 Rappahannock Dr.
White Stone
435-3812
Hand-packed ice cream cones,
sundaes, splits and milkshakes.
Homemade fudge and gourmet
chocolate. $.
Great Fortune
Chinese Restaurant
443 N. Main St.
Kilmarnock
435-6333
Specializing in authentic Mandarin, Szechwan, Hunan, Peking
and Cantonese cuisine. L/D/$.
Historic Lancaster Tavern
8373 Mary Ball Rd.
Lancaster
462-0080
Providing homestyle cooking
and fine dining for over 200
years. Open 7 days a week for
lunch and dinner. Sun. brunch.
B/L/D/$-$$.
King Carter Golf Club Cafe
480 Old Saint Johns Rd.
Irvington
435-7843
Located in the clubhouse at King
Carter Golf Club. Sandwiches
and salads with fresh local seafood. L/$.
Lee’s Restaurant
30 S. Main St.
Kilmarnock
435-1255
Hometown cooking and atmosphere. Full menu, local seafood
in season, homemade desserts.
Serving since 1939. B/L/D/$.
The Local
4337 Irvington Rd.
Irvington
438-9356
Coffee,
espresso,
bagels,
and muffins for breakfast and
soups, salads and sandwiches
for lunch. Outdoor patio. On/Off
ABC. B/L/$.
Los Patrones
Mexican Restaurant
652 N. Main St
Kilmarnock
435-3176
L/D/$$.
Northern Neck Burger
Hong Kong
Company
410 N. Main St.
Kilmarnock
435-7979 62 Irvington Rd.
577-4400
Chinese, Szechwan, Hunan and Kilmarnock
Open seven days a week.
Cantonese. L/D/$.
Wood-grilled, hand-crafted burgThe Dining Hall
ers, craft beers and shakes.
of the Hope and Glory Inn
L/D/$-$$.
65 Tavern Rd.
Irvington
438-6053 The Oaks
Fine dining, three/four courses, 5434 Mary Ball Rd.
462-7050
prix fixe. Reservations required. Lively
Casual family dining. Fresh
D/$$$.
meats and seafood specials
KC’s Crabs and Cues
weekly. Daily specials. Open
10428 Jessie Ball duPont Mem. Tues. through Sat. for dinner,
Hwy.
Sun. for breakfast and lunch.
Kilmarnock
435-7665 B/L/D/$$.
Open 7 days a week 11 a.m. ‘till Pizza Hut
late night. Family dining and en- 589 N. Main St.
435-3551
tertainment. Cheseapeake Bay Kilmarnock
Different styles of pizza along
blue crabs. L/D/$-$$.
with side dishes including salad,
KC’S at Windmill Point
pasta, buffalo wings, breadMarina
sticks, and garlic bread. L/D/$$.
40 Windjammer Ln.
White
Stone
577-4184 Rappahannock Grill
Open 7 days a week through La- 37 N. Main St
435-5152
bor Day. Crabs, shrimp, oysters, Kilmarnock
Fine steaks and fresh seafood.
burgers, salads and more.
Open 7 days a week. Daily
Kilmarnock Inn
lunch and dinner specials.
34 E. Church St.
L/D/$$-$$$.
Kilmarnock
435-0034
Serving breakfast and lunch River Market
everyday. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 1 Rappahannock Dr.
Available for private events. White
Stone
435-1725
B/L/D/$$.
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Our guests rave: “As someone68 f
who’s visited this part of Virginia
for 3 decades, everything about
it – from concept to rooms, to
breakfasts, to staff – is first rate!”
Each of our eight cottages has a
private bath, balcony or deck,
and free Wi-Fi. Some have
Jacuzzis and fireplaces, and three
are pet friendly. Your stay
includes a daily, three-course,
gourmet breakfast with produce
from our own garden.
Walk or bicycle to specialty
shops. Explore the Northern
Neck’s historic sites, parks,
gardens, vineyards and waters.
Practice on our five-hole
putting green. Plan a party,
reunion or wedding with
our Events & Catering staff.
Book your five-star stay
on the phone or online.
Five-star overall rating on
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Certificate of Excellence
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Classic Cafe
10532
Buckley
Hall
Rd.
Mathews
725-3352
Family restaurant, pizza and hot
dogs. Closed Wed. and Sun.
L/D/$.
Gourmet shop featuring lunches
and dinners to go. Homemade
bread and salads, large wine
selection. Open 7 days a week.
L/D/$-$$.
Rocket Billy’s
White Stone
435-7040
Breakfast, sandwiches, burgers,
crab cakes, Rappahannock oysters and more. Outdoor pick-up
window. B/L/$.
Cobbs Creek Diner
12 Linden Ave
Cobbs
Creek
725-9300
Barbecue, ribs and brisket. Ice
cream and shakes. Weekend
specials. Free Wifi. L/D/$-$$.
Mi Casa Azteca Restaurant
and Cantina
286 Main St.
Mathews
725-7272
Authentic Mexican cuisine.
Take out available. Closed Mon.
L/D/$-$$.
Sal’s Pizza
456 N. Main St.
Kilmarnock
435-6770
Hot and cold subs, Italian dishes
and pizza. Pizza special every
Wed. L/D/$$.
Sandpiper
White Stone
435-6176 The Art of Coffee in Montross serves breakfast, lunch and gourmet coffees. The restaurant also includes for
sale artwork and handcrafted jewelry and gifts.
Established in 1982. Specializing in fresh seafood and hand
cut meats. D/$$$.
Thai Pot
Irvington
438-6363 dishes, chicken dishes and
36 N. Main St.
A restaurant full of music, laugh- more. Open Fri. and Sat. for hapSavannah Joe’s Barbecue
Kilmarnock
436-THAI ter, and food. Reservations sug- py hour and dinner. Sun. brunch.
55 Irvington Rd.
Thai and American food. Outdoor gested. D/$$$.
B/D/$$.
Kilmarnock
435-6000 dining available. L/D/$$.
Real hickory pit, slow smoked
Willaby’s
Mathews
barbecued pork, ribs, chicken. Tides Inn – Chesapeake
327 Old Ferry Rd.
L/D/$.
Restaurant
White Stone
435-0000 The Barnacle
480 King Carter Dr.
Serving lunch, dinner and Sun- 485 Burch Rd.
363-4600
Stevie’s Ice Cream
Irvington
438-4489 day brunch with a view of the North
469 N. Main St.
Focus on tide to table dining, Rappahannock River. L/D/$-$$. Concession stand at Mobjack
Bay Marina on Greenmansion
Kilmarnock
435-2252 with fresh seafood and regional
Cove. Floating pontoon boat
Cones, milkshakes, sundaes, favorites; bar, award winning Windows on the Water
open Sat. and Sun. Call ahead
specialty sundaes, Bay Blast, wine list, draft craft beers, wine 1303 Oak Hill Rd
lattes, smoothies and snow flights, views of Carter’s Creek. Lancaster
462-7635 boxed breakfasts and lunches
cones. Outside seating only. $.
Dock and dine. B/L/D/$-$$$.
Steaks, crab cakes, seafood available. B/L/$.
Terrie’s Place
90 North Main St.
Kilmarnock
435-0400
Grilled mac and cheese, grilled
apple bacon and cheddar,
cheeseburgers, hot dogs, tuna
and chicken salad. Daily specials. Take out and outdoor dining only. L/$.
Tides Inn – Chesapeake
Terrace
480 King Carter Dr.
Irvington
438-4489
Outdoor dining overlooking Carters Creek. Local oysters, lite
fare, draft beers, cocktails and
live entertainment in season.
Call for details. B/L/D$-$$.
Trick Dog Bar and Bistro
4357 Irvington Rd.
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Lynne’s Family Restaurant
Mathews
725-9996
Fresh seafood platter, prime rib
and fresh cut steaks. B/L/D/$$.
Richardson’s Café
12 Church St.
Mathews
725-7772
Old-fashioned soda fountain and
ice cream bar. Daily specials and
old time favorites. Lunch sandwiches, paninis, wraps and burgers. Dinner steaks, pastas and
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Linda’s Diner
56 Buckley Hall Rd.
Mathews
725-7070
Hamburgers, BBQ, sandwiches,
breakfast specials. Dinner specials Friday. B/L/$.
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fresh, local seafood. Breakfast Homemade pizzas, sandwiches
Sat.–Sun. L/D/$-$$.
on homemade bread, fresh local
seafood, handcrafted beer on
Seabreeze
tap, live musicevery other week.
384 Old Ferry Rd.
Thurs. open jam night. Brunch
Gwynn’s Island
725-4000 Sun. L/D/$$.
Local seafood on the waterfront.
B/L/D/$$.
White Dog Bistro
68 Church St.
Shun Xing
Mathews
725-7680
Chinese Restaurant
Fine dining and catering. Open
183 Main St.
Thurs.–Sun. Wine Down Bar
Mathews
725-4682 open Thurs.–Sat. Late night
Szechwan, Canton and Hunan menu available. Entertainment
cuisine. L/D/$.
Fri. and Sat. nights. $$-$$$.
Southwind Pizza
44 Church St.
Mathews
Middlesex
725-2766
Bay Catch
Rivah Fast Food
Burger King
Q 6678 John Hudgins Dr.
Gloucester, 693-6053.
Q 1810
Tapp.
Blvd.,
Tappahannock, 443-3151.
Chick-fil-a
Q 6780 Geo. Wash. Mem.
Hwy., Gloucester 6934585.
Cookout
Q 7065
Geo.
Wash.
Mem. Hwy. Gloucester,
695-2745.
Domino’s Pizza
Q 6101
Geo.
Wash.
Mem. Hwy., Gloucester
693-6800.
Hardee’s
Q 7007
Geo.
Wash.
Mem. Hwy., Gloucester,
693-0363.
Hwy., Hayes, 642-3950.
Q 323
14th
St.
West Point, 843-4274.
Q 27 Main St., Mathews,
725-7468.
Q 199 Gen. Puller Hwy.,
Saluda, 758-4931.
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Q 6975
Geo.
Wash.
Mem. Hwy., Gloucester.
693-9482.
Q 1658
Tapp.
Blvd.,
McDonald’s
Q 7099
Geo.
Wash.
694-4810.
Hwy., Hayes, 642-5117.
Q 432 14th St., West Point,
843-4139.
Q 1617 Tapp. Blvd., Tappahannock, 435-9900.
Q 388 Main St., Kilmarnock,
435-2331.
Sonic Drive-in
Q 7060
Geo.
Wash.
694-4447.
Starbuck’s
Q 6705 Fox Mill Center Pkwy.,
Gloucester 694-3146.
Subway
Q 416 14th St., West Point,
843-2782.
Q 4915
Richmond-Tapp.
Hwy., Aylett 769-7889.
Q 6547
Market
Dr.,
Q 2226 York Crossing Dr.
Hayes, 642-3420.
Q 10968-B Buckley Hall Rd.,
Mathews, 725-3181.
Q 7085 Northumberland Hwy.
Heathsville, 580-5817.
Q 1820
Tapp.
Blvd.,
Q 364
N.
Main
St.,
Kilmarnock, 435-0198.
Q 200 Old Fair Grounds Way,
Kilmarnock 435-1240.
Taco Bell
Q 2226 York Crossing Dr.
Hayes, 642-6622.
Q 1658
Tapp.
Blvd.,
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Q 6828
Walton
Ln.
Wendy’s
Hwy., Hayes, 642-7475.
Q 7149
Geo.
Wash.
694-4825.
Q 1433 Tapp. Blvd., Tappahannock, 443-5262.
Seafood Bar & Grill
240 Virginia Street
Urbanna
758-2213
Serving fine food & spirits. Reservations accepted.
prime rib Fri. and Sat. Reserva- Urbanna
758-5344
tions suggested. D/$$$.
Quaint old fashioned soda fountain, now serving gourmet food
G’s Country Store & Deli
with a modern twist. B/L/$$.
Route 33
Saluda
758-5412 Merroir Tasting Room
Bethpage Miniature Golf and Deli, sandwich shop, conve- 784 Locklies Creek Rd.
Ice Creamery
nience store. B/L/$.
Topping
758-2871
4817 Old Virginia St.
Waterfront dining by the ownUrbanna
758-GOLF Grounded
ers of Rappahannock River OysTwenty flavors of Hershey’s hand 51 Cross St.
ters, showcasing their nationally
dipped ice cream and soft serve. Urbanna
renowned shellfish along with
Banana splits, sundaes, home- Serving fresh coffee, espresso, artisanal small plates, wines,
made waffle cones, milkshakes, and assorted coffee drinks, in- specialty beers. Open daily.
smoothies and more. $.
cluding latte’s and iced coffee’s. L/D/$$.
Freshly baked muffins and baked
Big Oak Cafe
goods made daily. Artisan sand- Mi Jalisco
2761 Flats Rd.
wiches and panini’s. Open 7days Urbanna
758-2011
Urbanna
758-2130 a week. B/L/$-$$.
Mexican. L/D/$-$$.
Breakfast, salads, sandwiches and daily specials. Dinner The Happy Oyster
Patti’s Diner
Mon. and Tues., closed Wed. 14761 G. Washington Mem 16314 General Puller Highway
B/L/D/$.
Hwy
Deltaville
776-1023
Saluda
758-1700 Country cooking. Homemade
Cafe By the Bay
Smoked meats, fresh seafood.
desserts. Dine in or order take
Tues. - closed for private parties. out. B/L/D/$$.
Deltaville
776-0303 Live music Fri. and Sat. nights.
Sandwiches, paninis, salads L/D/$$.
Pilot House Inn
and coffee. B/L/$.
2737 Greys Point Rd.
Keepers
Topping
758-2262
China Spring
Serving food “just like Granny
Saluda
758-5720 made.” Buffets and menu.
Saluda
758-2266 Hot grill. B/L/$.
B/L/D/$$.
Szechuan, Hunan and Canton64 f
ese cuisine. L/D/$.
Marshall’s Soda Fountain
50 Cross St.
Cocomo’s of Deltaville
1134 Timberneck Rd.
Deltaville
776-8822
New menu, offering fresh seafood, steaks, burgers and sandwiches as well as a full bar.
Dinner Wed.–Thurs., lunch and
dinner Fri.–Sun. L/D/$$-$$$.
Hand Tossed Pizza Since 1978
Colonial Pizza
50 Watling St.
Urbanna
758-4079
Greek-Italian and American food.
L/D/$$.
Dano’s Pizza
Hartfield
776-8031
Pizza and subs. Free delivery.
L/D/$$.
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Debbie’s Family Restaurant
Locust Hill
758-9595
Steak, salmon, pastas, salads,
sandwiches, seafood, Build your
own burgers. B/L/D/$$.
Eckhard’s
2700 Greys Pt. Rd.
Topping
758-4060
German, Italian, fresh seafood,
Black Angus steaks. Chef’s daily
specials. Featuring Black Angus
Crab Meat, Oysters, Fresh Fish, Scallops, Clams,
Mussels, Crab Cakes
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Rudy’s Pizza
Topping
758-0605
Pizza, subs, ribs, BBQ. Carry-out
only. L/D/$.
Something Different
213 Virginia St.
758-8000
Urbanna
Homemade foods. BBQ, smoked
meats, local seafood, soups,
sandwiches, homemade sides,
coffee, freshly roasted peanuts,
fine wines, cheeses and desserts, including premium natural
ice creams. Closed Mon.–Tues.
B/L/$.
Steamboat Restaurant
6198 Stormont Rd.
Hartfield
776-6589
Dining overlooking the green at
Piankatank River Golf Course.
L/D/$$-$$$.
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Deltaville
776-8803
Seafood and steaks. Karaoke
and live music. B/L/D/$-$$.
540-419-6926
Taylor’s
Lunch & dessert. Great shop17321 General Puller Hwy.
Deltaville
776-9611 ping. L/$.
Fresh seafood, steaks and pasCallao Dairy Freeze
ta. L/D/$$.
Callao
529-6881
The Works Bar and Grille
Urbanna
758-5555 Burgers, fries, bbq, subs, fried
Come enjoy our dining room, chicken, soft serve ice cream,
patio, bar or gameroom. Open milkshakes, sundaes & more.
Wed.–Sat. for dinner, Sat. and L/D/$.
Sun. for brunch. L/D/$-$$$.
Chitterchats
846 Main St.
Urbanna Seafood Market
Reedville
453-3335
453 Johnson Dr.
Urbanna
758-8588 Ice cream, desserts, gifts and
Restaurant with raw bar. Fresh coffee. $.
seafood, sandwiches, dinners.
Crazy Crab
Carry out. Wed–Sun. L/D.
902 Main St.
Reedville
453-6789
Virginia Street Cafe
Views of Cockrell’s Creek from
201 Virginia St.
Urbanna
758-3798 both the dining room and deck.
Fresh seafood, grilled steaks, Daily chef’s specials feature
local clam chowder, Belgian seafood, steaks and chicken
waffles, reuben sandwiches. dishes. Tues.–Sun. L/D/$$.
B/L/D/$.
Deli at
Cockrell’s Creek Seafood
Northumberland
567 Seaboard Rd.
Bernadette’s Bakery
Reedville
453-6326
Burgess
Crab cakes and seafood salads.
Full sandwich menu, luncheon
plates, entrees. Overlooking
Cockrell’s Creek. ABC on/off.
L/$.
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OPEN: Mon - Thurs 11am - 9pm, Fri - Sat 11am - 10pm,
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The Health Nut
Callao
529-5888
Organic grocery store serving
real fruit smoothies and salads.
L/$.
Horn Harbor House
Restaurant
836 Horn Harbor Rd.
Burgess
453-3351
Come by land or sea. Fresh
seafood,
hand-cut
steaks.
D/$$-$$$.
Relish
115 Main St.
Warsaw
333-3012
Lottsburg Cafe
Contemporary Southern style
2919 Walmsley Rd.
Open
Wed.–Sun.
Callao
529-5300 cuisine.
D/$$$.
B/L/D/$-$$.
and more. L/D/$-$$.
Newsome’s Restaurant
235 Jessie Ball duPont Mem.
Hwy.
Burgess
453-9071
Closed Sun. L/D/$.
Nino’s Pizza and Subs
Callao
529-7548
Featuring New York and Sicilian
pizzas, subs and Italian dinners.
L/D/$.
T&J’s Dairy Barn
718 Jessie Ball duPont Mem.
Hwy.
Burgess
453-4455
Seafood, sandwiches, subs, ice
cream, pizza. L/D/$.
The Tavern Restaurant
73 Monument Place
Heathsville
580-7900
Open for breakfast and lunch
Tues.–Sat. Fri. nights for Susie
Que’s BBQ from 3 to 9 p.m.
Beer and wine available. Located
in Rice’s Hotel/ Hughletts Tavern. B/L/D/$-$$.
Tommy’s
729 Main St.
Reedville
453-4666
Prime beef, seafood. Wine and
bar. D/$$.
Richmond
Roma’s Italian Restaurant
5061 Richmond Rd.
Warsaw
333-1932
Complete
Italian
menu.
L/D/$-$$.
Westmoreland
Angelo’s
15835 Kings Hwy.
Montross
493-8694
Italian dishes including pasta,
sandwiches, subs, gyros, steaks
and more. L/D/$-$$.
The Art of Coffee
15722 Kings Hwy.
Montross
493-9651
Serving full breakfast, lunches
and gourmet coffees, lattes,
pastries, frappes and smoothies. B/L/$.
Backdraft
7415 Oldhams Rd.
Kinsale
472-4200
Friday special $2 off prime
rib. Daily specials. Wine & bar.
Breakfast on Sundays. Closed
Mon. B/L/D/$$.
Coles Point Tavern
Restaurant and Bar
850 Salisburg Park Rd.
Hague
472-3856
Open Thurs.–Sun. Sun. breakfast. B/L/D/$.
Anna’s Italian
Restaurant and Pizza
53 Gordon Ln.
Warsaw
333-9222
Pasta, pizza, subs, seafood and
steaks. L/D/$$.
Dockside Restaurant
and Tiki Bar
1787 Castlewood Dr.
Colonial Beach
224-8726
Seafood, steak, veal, pasta and
chicken. L/D/$$.
China Inn
Leadbelly’s
5059 Richmond Rd.
252 Polly Cove Rd.
333-9333
Reedville
453-5002 Warsaw
Casual
waterfront
dining. L/D/$$.
L/D/$-$$.
The Daily
130 Court Circle
Los Patrones
Warsaw
333-3455
Mexican Restaurant
Coffee shop with breakfast sand15017 Northumberland Hwy.
Burgess
453-3090 wiches, paninis, deli sandwiches
and salads. B/L/$.
L/D/$$.
Erica Mall
3128 Erica Rd.
Montross
472-7017
Sandwiches, hot dogs, BBQ,
breakfast sandwiches. New York
Cheddar cheese wheel by the
pound, souse. $.
Los Portales
Callao
529-9500
Opening Aug. 2. Authentic Mexican cuisine. Featuring quesadillas, fajitas, burritos, enchiladas
Hunan Village
Chinese Restaurant
453 Main St.
Warsaw
333-1688
Specializing in Hunan and Szechwan Cuisine. L/D/$.
High Tides on the Potomac
205 Taylor St.
Colonial Beach
224-8433
Steak and seafood restaurant
and tiki bar. L/D/$-$$.
The Inn at Montross
21 Polk St.
Montross
493-8624
Dining Thurs.–Sat., Sun. Brunch,
Dining
locally sourced. D/$$.
Soups, sandwiches,
and more. L/$.
seafood
Ledo Pizza
700 McKinney Blvd.
Tattle Tale Cafe
Colonial
Beach
224-5336 215 Washington Ave.
Pasta, pizza, subs. L/D/$-$$.
Colonial
Beach
224-0045
Coffee, gourmet entrees, paniMontross Dairy Freeze
nis, burgers, soups. B/L/$.
17456 Kings Hwy.
Montross
493-9550 Two Fish Bistro & Tackle
Burgers, fries, sundaes, milk- 473 Cople Hwy.
shakes and more. L/D/$
Montross
456-6540
Catering, events, takeout
Nancy’s Ice Cream Shoppe
& eat in. Open Tues.–Sat. B/L
301 Washington Ave.
Colonial Beach
224-1212 Wilkerson’s
Soft serve ice cream cones, Seafood Restaurant
milkshakes,
sundaes,
flur- 3900 Mckinney Blvd.
ries, floats, malts, brownie a la Colonial Beach
224-7117
modes, banana splits, snow- Seafood, buffet and sandwichballs. $.
es. L/D/$-$$.
Crab feast is
August 6
at Deltaville
Firehouse
MIDDLESEX—Food, fun, music
and dancing are on the program for
the annual Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department Crab Feast
set for Saturday, August 6, on the
grounds of the Deltaville Firehouse.
Featured will be all-you-can-eat
steamed crabs, hamburgers, hot
dogs and corn-on-the-cob from 5-8
p.m., and music by Honky-Tonk
Heroes”from 8 p.m. to midnight. The
event will take place rain or shine.
Tickets are available at Harrow’s
Home Center at Cooks Corner;
Hurd’s Hardware, J&W Seafood
Riverboat on the Potomac
in Deltaville, and Pat’s Gallery in
Yesterday’s
301 Beach Terrace
Deltaville; Urbanna Builders Supply
15220 Kings Hwy.
Colonial Beach
224-7055 Montross
493-0718 in Saluda; from any fire department
Potomac
River
views. Prime rib, seafood, steaks, member; or by calling 776-9753.
B/L/D/$$-$$$.
chops, pasta and Mexican. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35
on the event date. Children age 6 and
L/D/$$.
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483 Great House Rd.
able at the gate only if the event is not
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Retired waterman George Shelton
MORATTICO—Crossroads
to the past
Morattico is a village at the crossroads of three bodies of water in Lancaster
County. Its soul can be found in the watermen who made their living from the
seafood-rich waters and in the residents who honor their legacy.
by Audrey Thomasson
O
n your next weekend drive, take a turn into the village of Morattico. It remains an
unvarnished portrait of the past—of the harsh life of watermen who were crabbers
during the summer, oystermen in the fall, and tended pound nets year round.
Today, the village is a blend of people who love their river community for its simple
pleasures and serene lifestyle. Generations of watermen are neighbors to a new generation of professionals—retirees and weekenders from Richmond to Washington, D.C.,
who quickly became part of the tight village family.
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“This is a true community,” said Deborah Edgar of Richmond, who found the village
on a weekend drive 10 years ago. “We borrow sugar, groceries. We take care of each
other. When someone is ill, we bring them their meals. We are a family. We squabble like
family and love like family.”
Deborah used to take day trips to roads that “lead nowhere.” When she turned into
Morattico she immediately fell in love. “It’s like stepping back in time,” she said. Deborah
is so ingrained in the community of some 125 full- and part-time residents, she became
Morattico Waterfront Museum
In 2003, the Conleys—Weston, Dorothy and daughter, Connie—bought the abanThe first floor pretty much replicates the store of 1930, with groceries along one wall
doned General Store and gave it to the community. After hundreds of volunteer hours and and clothing on the other. The old stove in the center of the room was a gathering spot for
thousands of donated treasures, a year later the Morattico Waterfront Museum was born. watermen at the end of a long day. Upstairs, their lives unfold in a collection of tools of their
trade, photographs and videos. Living histories of working watermen and their life stories
are recorded in their own voices.
Histories of village homes are preserved in the museum and led to Morattico’s listing in
2011 as an Historic District on the Virginia Landmarks Register.
Among the Indian artifacts is an axe head found in the marsh that dates back 6,000 to
8,000 years ago. Upon learning of its age, the museum’s first president, the late Pat McGee,
is reported to have said, “Oh, I guess we shouldn’t be using it to prop up the window then.”
Capt. George Shelton recalled fond memories of his pre-waterman years. “I worked in
this store when I was 16, 17 years old. I used to stock shelves…and sweep the floors. The
Tangier watermen would come into the store and sit on the benches on one side of the
store and the local watermen all sat on the other side. They talked across the aisle, telling
their stories, but they never mixed together.”
Recently, a museum pavilion was added for picnics, crab feasts, barbecues and oyster
roasts. The annual meeting and Brunswick Stew lunch is in March and on July 4, the
hometown parade salutes a proud heritage. Also, members like to ring in the New Year
together.
Take the museum’s golf cart tour, complete with map highlighting the history of significant stops.
The museum is open from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, May
through October. Visit online at morattico.org.
president of the Morattico Waterfront Museum.
History
church or visiting friends across the creek. By the
1920s, Morattico had become a bustling stop on
the steamboat line to Baltimore. The village had the
longest wharf on the Rappahannock River, reaching well into its navigable depths. For a dime, young
boys would haul passengers’ baggage up and down
the wharf in small wagons.
“In addition to steamboat traffic, the community
boasted a doctor’s office, stores, a small cafe, hotel,
seafood processing plant and bottling company,”
said Mary. The Lord Mott tomato processing plant
was next to the wharf. Children attended Frog Pond
School on Mulberry Creek Road.
The area’s identity as a fishing village was a result
of the Tangier Island migration to Morattico after
the great storm of 1933 flooded the tiny island in
the middle of the Chesapeake Bay and forced some
families to relocate to their favorite fishing spot.
The storm also wiped out virtually all the steamboat wharfs on the rivers. Coupled with a growing
auto industry, the romantic steamboat era had come
to an end.
For the village, Tangier families like Parks, Walters, and Pruett added to the strength of a selfsustaining village that was now reliant on the rich
resources of the water.
Morattico was shaped by people with a welldefined sense of both self-sufficiency and community.
Village resident Mary Byrd Martin moved from
Arlington and soon became an expert on its illustrious past.
“What’s interesting to me as a come-here 15
years ago, is that the village has transformed itself
several times,” Mary said. “When you get back to
the earliest, earliest history of English planters,
Morattico wasn’t a watermen’s village. Joseph Ball
was a planter. They used the water strictly for transportation.”
The village name originates from its beginnings
as Morraughtacund Indian grounds, she said. Capt.
John Smith’s logs show he encountered the tribe on
his exploration of the Rappahannock River in 1608.
Some 500 acres became known as Morattico Plantation in 1698 under the ownership of Col. Joseph
Matthaus Ball, the father of Mary Ball—the mother
of President George Washington.
The agricultural property remained with Ball’s
descendants until 1889 when the Whealton brothers purchased much of it and developed a village,
Fishing Village
building houses and a steamboat landing. From
Perched on the north shore of the Rappahannock
1892 to 1911, it was called Whealton’s Wharf.
The turn of the century was a prosperous time River between Lancaster Creek and Mulberry Bay,
when people and most goods were transported
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by boat. Skiffs were a popular means of getting to
Mary Byrd Martin lives across from the museum in a house built in
1889. “Captain Herbert C. Glenn of Baltimore sailed into Mulberry Bay
and saw the house under construction,” said Mary. “He bought the
property, brought his wife and infant son, Dillard, back and they lived on
his schooner in the bay behind the house until its completion.”
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Morattico is the perfect spot to find the
iconic blue crabs. The water’s low salinity
also makes for a flavorful and meaty oyster.
“My father moved us up here in 1941
from Windmill Point, when I was one year
old,” said retired waterman Capt. George
Shelton. “He was a pound netter. It was
easier here than in the bay.”
Pound nets are an ancient fishing
method set near the shore. An arrangement of nets, supported with pine poles
pounded into the seabed, guide a variety of
fish into a trap where they are scooped out
each morning by watermen.
George worked his dad’s nets for seven
or eight years before he went out on his
own and branched into crabbing and oys-
tering on his 41-foot Chesapeake Bay
deadrise.
“I loved it. I was self-employed and free
to do what I wanted to do,” he said of his
52-year career.
Working on the water meant casting
off before daybreak from the back yard
pier. The smell of exhaust and the steady
rumble of motors filled the air as workboats chugged off into the darkness. On a
good day, a veteran waterman could tong
baskets of oysters or bring up bushels of
blue crabs from traps.
They were men who could build their
own boats and knit fishing nets. About
the only things they could count on were
callused hands, a bad back, unpredictable
weather, unreliable catches and uneven
income.
“I would never let my son become a
waterman,” George said of his waterman
days.
In the first half of the century, the
waters around the village were filled
with several dozen working boats, and
processing shacks lined the shore. RCV
Seafood was one of the largest crabmeat
businesses on the East Coast.
RCV was first an oyster-shucking facility and then a crab-picking plant owned
by the late Weston “Bitzie” Conley Jr. In
its heyday, pickers produced 600 to 800
pounds of fresh crabmeat a day, while
machines picked 1,000 to 1,500 pounds
of claw meat. When the area’s oyster and
crab populations waned, the once thriving seafood plant fell on hard times and
soon closed. The plant was razed in 2002
and condos were built in its place at
Cobert’s Point on Mulberry Bay.
Disease and decades of overfishing resulted in the slow decline of the
Chesapeake Bay’s lush seafood beds and
eventual closing of most processing facilities. With fewer crabs and oysters, the
watermen began to fade away as well.
The 1970s became the eve of another
village transformation. Improved roads
and bridges now made for easy access for
urban dwellers and retirees in search of
slower paced living in waterfront communities. Most of the workboats moored
to the docks have been replaced with
recreational boats. While healthy shellfish are returning to area waters, many
residents prefer catching crabs and raising oysters from their docks.
But rather than abandon its culture,
Morattico’s newcomers embraced it. Visitors will still find streets lined with old
Tidewater vernacular houses from the
Whealton era, scenic landscapes of salt
marshes and tidal ponds, sweeping river
views and acres of rich farm land.
The new settlers knew this was a special place and joined with native families to honor and preserve heritage by
establishing the Morattico Waterfront
Museum.
For all its flavor of the past, Morattico
remains a crossroads to the present and
a place a lucky few will spend the future.
This article with related photos and contact information f irst appeared in the June
2016 Cooperative Living magazine, published by the Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives.
Museum president Deborah Edgar
found Morattico on an afternoon
drive.
Most residents participate in the July 4th parade.
Morattico Museum replicates the general store of a century ago.
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August 2016
Patron Connie Conley and museum curator Jeannie Bedwell review
photographs at the museum.
Rivah Lodging
nless noted, all rates are
per night and all lodgings
are with the (804) area code.
Call the lodging place for
more information. $ indicates
average nightly room rates
$ = $40 to 80; $$ = $90 to
$120; $$$ = $130 to $160;
$$$$ over $160.
U
Tidewater Motel
Hayes
642-2155
33 rooms, some with kitchenettes. Pool. Non-smoking
rooms available. $.
Historic Yorktown
Duke of York Hotel
508 Water St.
Yorktown
757-898-3232
A quaint family run hotel overlooking the beautiful York
River. High Speed Internet Access available. $$-$$$.
Essex
Days Inn Motel
Tappahannock
443-9200
60 rooms. Cable TV, refridgerator, microwave. Free continental breakfast. Pet friendly.
$.
Hornsby House Inn Bed
and Breakfast
702 Main St.
Yorktown
757-369-0200
Located in the hear t of historic Yorktown. Features five
bedrooms that have private
modern baths. $$$.
The Essex Inn
Bed and Breakfast
203 Duke St.
Tappahannock
443-9900
An historic Tappahannock
Greek Revival inn. Four rooms
and four suites all with private
baths, Wi-Fi access, cable TV,
most with working fireplaces.
Full gourmet breakfast. $$$.
Holiday Inn Express and
Suites
Tappahannock
445-1200
63 rooms, pool, business
center, fitness center, washer
and dr yer, free internet and
breakfast. $$$.
Southside Motel and
Marina
910 S. Church Ln.
Tappahannock
443-3363
30 rooms, TV, microwave and
refrigerator, pool. Free boat
slips available. $.
Super 8
Tappahannock
443-3888
43 rooms with cable TV, high
speed internet, microwaves,
refrigerators, flat screen TVs.
Suites and king-sized rooms
available. Free continental
breakfast, recently renovated.
$.
Dollar Inn
823 S. Church Ln.
Tappahannock
443-3366
25 rooms with cable TV. $.
stay
Inn at Urbanna Creek in Middlesex
Marl Inn Bed & Breakfast
220 Church St.
Yorktown
757-898-3859
A private home bed and
breakfast built in 1978 with
a colonial architectural style.
Par ticular suites come with or
without breakfast but can be
added on with $5 per person.
Suits include private baths,
flat screen TV, and wireless
internet. $$-$$$.
Glebefield
Gloucester
516-5261
Comfort Inn
Two stor y post and beam
6639 Forest Hill Ave.
cottage. One bedroom, one
Gloucester
695-1900 bath, living room, kitchen fireClose to the Historic District. place, washer/dr yer. Located
Free hot breakfast, Wi-Fi, and on Ware River. Non-smoking.
York River Inn Bed &
outdoor pool. Hot tub rooms No pets. $$ - $$$.
Breakfast
available. All 79 rooms have
209 Ambler St.
TVs and internet. Call for Inn at Sandy Creek
Yorktown
757-887-8800
group discounts. $$.
9689 Burkes Pond Rd.
North
654-9151 A bed and breakfast situated
Gloucester Inn
2 bedroom carriage house lo- overlooking the York River in
1408 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy. cated on historic proper ty in a colonial-style building. All
Gloucester Point 642-3337 James Store area. Hot tub, three guestrooms have pri16 rooms with refrigerators seasonal pool, full kitchen, vate full baths, cable TV, and
and microwaves. Cable TV. washer/dr yer, satellite TV, Wi- WiFi. $$$.
$-$$.
Fi, pet friendly. $$.
Yorktown’s Charming
Battlefield Cottage
Hampton Inn
Inn at Warner Hall
121 Lafayette Rd.
6638 Forest Hill Ave.
4750 Warner Hall Rd.
757-872-7337
Gloucester
693-9393 Gloucester (800) 331-2720 Yorktown
Close to the Historic District. A plantation created in 1642 Located in a quiet and scenic
Free hot breakfast, Wi-Fi, by George Washington’s great- neighborhood on the Yorkindoor pool, fitness center, great-grandfather, Augustine town Battlefield on a bluf f just
meeting room, on-site guest Warner. The inn is a 38-acre above the York River. A renolaundr y. All 84 rooms have TV, water front retreat. Fine dining vated kitchen has ever ything
cof fee makers and a laptop Fri. and Sat. Rooms feature you will need to prepare any
desk. Group discounts avail- antiques and private baths. meals you wish. $$$.
able. $$-$$$.
Some have views of the
Severn River, a fireplace and
Lancaster
Historic Cottage at
jacuzzi. $$$$.
Gloucester
Back Inn Time
445 Irvington Rd.
Kilmarnock
435-2318
A classic B&B. Features four
rooms with private baths,
AC, Wi-Fi, gourmet breakfast.
Walk to shops. $$-$$$.
Bel Air Mansion
and Guest House
1632 Belle Isle Rd.
Lancaster
462-5030
Fully furnished water front
homes at Belle Isle State
Park. Mansion has whirlpool
tub and accommodates six.
Guest house accommodates
eight. Canoes and bicycles
included. Seasonal rates.
$$$.
The Blue House
331 King Carter Dr.
Irvington
571-331-2877
2BR, 2BA cottage in the hear t
of Ir vington. Available year
round for weekend or weekly
rental. $$$
Flowering Fields
Bed and Breakfast
232 Flowering Field Rd.
White Stone
435-6238
Full breakfast. Golf packages and fishing char ters arranged. King, queen and twin
rooms, all with private baths.
Weekday and weekend specials. $$.
Kilmarnock Hotel & Suites
599 North Main St.
Kilmarnock
436-1500
68 rooms with Wi-Fi, extended
stay rooms, handicap rooms,
meeting room, business center and outdoor pool. Full hot
breakfast. $$$.
Hope and Glory Inn
65 Tavern Rd.
Irvington
438-6053
Boutique hotel fashioned
from an historic schoolhouse,
eclectically styled. Swimming
pool, taste wine in the vineyard or cruise aboard a private boat. $$$$.
Inn at Levelfields
10155 Mary Ball Rd.
Lancaster
435-6887
B&B for rowing par ticipants
only. Featuring six guest
rooms. King/queen beds,
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hotel catering to the boater, twin beds. Refreshments and
business and leisure traveler. full breakfast on porch. Wi-Fi,
guest computers, DVD collec$$$.
tion and librar y. Will shuttle
Edentide Inn
to local marinas. Parking area
204 Bland Point Rd.
for boats and trailers. ChilDeltaville
776-6915 dren welcome. Pet friendly.
Three air-conditioned rooms Late arrival okay. Open Apr.–
with TV and VCR. Private sit- Nov. $$-$$$.
ting room with fireplace, private screened porch. Boat Inn at Urbanna Creek
slips available. Sand beach Bed and Breakfast
and fishing pier. Full break- 210 Watling St.
fast. $$-$$$.
Urbanna
758-4661
Virginia’s Cottage has a queen
Harrow House
bed, kitchenette, bath, porch
Middlesex
167 Lovers Ln.
with rockers, and private garAtherston Hall
Deltaville
815-3102 den with hot tub. King Suite
250 Prince George St.
separate
sitting
View of Jackson Creek and includes
Urbanna
758-2809 the Bay. Three double rooms room, jacuzzi bath and showImmerse yourself in true Eng- with shared bath, air-condi- er. Watling Suite includes two
lish countr y living at this B&B tioned, cable TV, continental rooms with queen beds, and
just a stroll from Urbanna’s breakfast. $.
a private bath. All include full
water front. Beautiful garbreakfast, robes, DirecTV, Wdens, relaxing porches, tradi- Heaven Scent
iFi, librar y and patio. $$-$$$.
tional sailing and pet friendly. Bed and Breakfast
$$-$$$.
Ivy Cottage
Deltaville
832-6200 323 Twiggs Ferry Rd.
Bethany Inn at Leafwood
Farmhouse with two ground Hartfield
757-472-7211
820 Gloucester Rd.
floor room with king bed and Upscale guest cottage for two
Saluda
(864) 934-7308 private bath. Upstairs fam- on the Piankatank River. Fea1780’s Colonial home locat- ily suite with king, queen and tures central air, full kitchen,
ed in Saluda, relax in the gardens.The garden cottage has
a queen bed, sitting room,
kitchenette and private bath.
The Acacia Room and Leafwood Room are upstairs in
the main house and rented
as one. The Muir Suite includes a
private bath.
Rooms include full breakfast, snacks, robes, Wi-Fi, TV
with DVD player, DVD librar y,
sunroom with DirecTV and librar y. $$$.
Mathews
fireplaces; four rooms with
private baths and two with The Inn at Tabbs Creek
shared bath. Rowing school, 384 Turpin Ln.
Port Haywood
725-5136
pool, librar y. $$-$$$.
A water front retreat situated
Kilmarnock Inn
on a secluded creek. Over 800
34 East Church St.
ft. of water front and 8 acres
Kilmarnock
435-0034 of wooded and open space.
16 private guest rooms and The main inn is an 1820’s
suites, breakfast ser ved each newly renovated farmhouse
morning. Meeting room and with separate cottages housevent space in the hear t of ing the suites just across the
town. Private lunches and garden and pool. $$-$$$$.
dinners. Restaurant, walk to
shops. Wi-Fi. $$$-$$$$.
Historical Lancaster Tavern
Bed and Breakfast
8373 Mary Ball Rd.
Lancaster
462-0080
Two master suites. Internet,
antique furnishings. Restaurant, includes full breakfast.
$$$$.
Tides Inn
480 King Carter Dr.
Irvington
438-5000
Championship golf at The
Golden Eagle, swimming, tennis, sailing, biking, summer
children’s program, spa, special events, golf and family
package plans. $$$$.
Whispering Pines Motel
226 Methodist Church Rd.
White Stone
435-1101
Twenty-five guest rooms, 2
suites; swimming pool, Wi-Fi.
$-$$.
Yankee Point Marina
Cottages
1303 Oak Hill Rd.
Ottoman
462-7018
Pool. Cottages: fully equipped The Chesapeake Inn
with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths 250 Old Virginia St.
758-1111
on creek with dock and ramp. Urbanna
Urbanna’s unique boutique
Hampstead Farm
Inn • Vacation Rental • Special Events • Weddings
Experience Country Livin’
www.hampsteadfarm.com
[email protected]
804-824-4777
804-758-5708
143 Streets Lane
Urbanna, Virginia
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living room, bedroom with adjoining bath and a year-round
porch. Non-smoking. Amenities include cable TV, VCR,
DVD, pier, complimentar y
breakfast foods, cof fee and
teas. $$$.
Kathleen’s Cottage
323 Twiggs Ferry Rd.
Hartfield
757-472-7211
Upscale guest cottage for
two to four people on the
Piankatank River. Bedrooms
with adjoining baths and a
year-round porch. Amenities
include cable TV, DVD and
pier. Complimentar y breakfast foods, cof fee and teas.
Pilot House Inn
Topping
758-2262
24 rooms, cable TV, Wi-Fi, dining room, conference room,
and airpor t adjacent to inn. $.
Northumberland
Barbara’s Cozy Cottage
1269 Fleeton Rd.
Lodging
Reedville
435-4995
Fully furnished centur y home
on seven acres. Sleeps six, 2
baths, full laundr y, 30’ pool,
patio, grill and fire pit. Phone,
Direct TV, dvd and vhs. Pet
friendly, smoke free. Daily,
weekly and monthly rentals.
$.
Bay Motel
Reedville
220-2027
Bay Motel has undergone a
complete revitalization, inside and out, with all new
furniture, wall finishes, and
flooring. Pavilion with picnic
tables. Smoke free. WiFi,
MP3 dock stations. Central to
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10% discount to militar y families and veterans. $$.
Cats Cove Cottage
2273 Mundy Point Rd.
Callao
529-5056
A private water front cottage
for two. Sailboat depth deepwater pier. Swimming pool,
rowboat. Continental breakfast ser ved weekends. Two
night minimum. $$.
Cabins at Ingram Bay
Heathsville
580-7292
Two cedar cabins with view
of Chesapeake Bay. Sleeps
up to 6. Kitchen, bath, Wi-Fi,
satellite TV, access to fishing,
crabbing, canoe, kayak and
outboard boat rentals. Daily
or weekly rentals.
Gables Bed and Breakfast
Inn
859 Main St.
Reedville
453-5209
Victorian Captain’s Mansion
c.1874 National Register with
1800’s schooner mast built
into the home. One guest
room with private bath in main
house. Coach house with four
guest rooms with private
baths and water views. Waterside cottage with two luxur y
suites. Boat slips available.
Breakfast. $$$$.
GrandView Bed and
Breakfast
114 Riverside Ln.
Reedville
453-3851
Water front bed and breakfast
on the Chesapeake Bay, close
to Smith Island and Tangier
cruises. Private pier, breakfast, wheelchair accessible.
$$.
Ma’Margaret’s House
249 Greenfield Rd.
Reedville
453-9110
A restored grandmother’s
home expanded to meet the
needs of the twenty-first centur y. Built in 1914. All rooms
have private baths, personal
thermostat, TV and Wi-Fi.
Northumberland Motel
Callao
529-6370
Newly renovated 11 rooms;
daily/weekly/monthly rentals.
$.
Richmond
Greenwood Bed and
Breakfast
99 Maple St.
Warsaw
333-4353
Two guest rooms with private
baths, cable TV; central dining
for guests. Countr y breakfast.
$.
Quality Inn
4522 Richmond Rd.
Warsaw
333-1700
40 rooms, including suites,
satellite TV, air conditioning,
swimming pool. Continental
breakfast. Pets accepted.
$-$$$.
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Beachside Cottages at
Coles Point Marina &
Boatyard
307 Plantation Dr.
Coles Point
472-4011
Two two-bedroom cottages
sleep 4-6; three three-bedroom cottages sleep 6-9. One
five-bedroom cottage sleeps
10-12. The Rustic Cottage
and Camping Cottage are also
available. Nightly and weekly
rentals. Cottages are within
500 feet of the beach and
less than 1000 feet from the
pool, marina and restaurant.
$-$$$$.
Bell House Bed and
Breakfast
821 Irving Ave.
Colonial Beach
224-7000
Alexander Graham Bell’s
summer
home
on
the
Potomac River. Listed on the
National Register of Historic
Places and is a Virginia Historic Landmark. Four rooms
with private baths. Wine and
$$.
cheese each evening, full
Skipjack Inn
breakfast. $$$.
347 Allen Point Ln.
Kinsale
472-2044
General’s Ridge Vineyard
Four guest rooms, private
1618 Weldons Dr.
individual
temperaHague
223-2478 bath,
The Manor House, a three- ture controls. refrigerator.
bedroom home with full $$$-$$$$.
kitchen, dining and living
spaces. Vineyard Views, a The Plaza B & B
two-bedroom home with full 21 Weems St.
224-1101
kitchen, dining and living Colonial Beach
spaces. Homes situated in Two guest cottages available,
the vineyard. Complimentar y the Garden Cottage and Carbottle of wine. $$$-$$$$. riage House. Equipped with
kitchen, central air, washer/
dr yer, dishwasher, cable TV.
Guest Houses
at Stratford Hall
River views. Linens provided.
483 Great House Rd.
$$$$.
Montross
493-8038
The Cheek and the Astor Wakefield Motel
guest houses each have a 1513 Irving Ave.
fully-equipped kitchen, living Colonial Beach 224-7311
room, central heating and air Twenty rooms, some with reconditioning and guest rooms frigerator, microwave. Some
with private baths. 21 guest with kitchenettes. One suite
rooms. Breakfast and tour in- available. Private pier. $-$$.
cluded. $$.
Washington and Lee Motel
The Inn at Montross
17055 Kings Hwy.
21 Polk St.
Montross
493-8093
Montross
493-8624 Twenty-eight rooms with mi18th centur y tavern bed & crowaves and refrigerators,
breakfast. 5 guest rooms with free Wi-Fi. $.
private baths, queen beds & To make updates to this directory, please
Wi-Fi. Full breakfast. Winer y
tours arranged. Can accommodate meetings and special
events, on site or catered.
$$$.
Nightingale Motel
and Marina
101 Monroe Bay Ave.
Colonial Beach
224-7956
35-slip marina with electric
and water, motel with five
guest rooms, restaurant next
door. $.
Oyster Reef
347 Allen Point Ln.
Kinsale
472-2044
One-bedroom cottage overlooking
Yeocomico
River.
Queen bed, sleep sofa, rollaway. Sleeps five. $$$$.
River Edge Inn
30 Colonial Ave.
Colonial Beach
410-2024
Remodeled 60-room hotel on
the river front and boardwalk.
Double, queen, king rooms
available. Free Wi-Fi, minirefrigerators,
microwaves,
swimming pool. Complimentar y continental breakfast.
Handicap accessible room.
Bingo for Quilts
set for August 20
NORTHUMBERLAND—The
Tavern Quilt Guild of Rice’s Hotel/
Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument
Place, Heathsville, will hold its
Bingo for Quilts event at 1:30 p.m.
August 20.
Players may buy packets of 20
bingo sheets for $20 and enjoy the
excitement of an old-fashioned
game of bingo, said manager
Corinne Becker. Prizes are quilted
items made by guild members.
Bingo for Quilts will take place
following the Heathsville Farmers Market, said Becker. Bingo
players are invited to come early
to enjoy the market and lunch at
the Tavern Restaurant. The bingo
event will be held in the Transportation Museum.
The Rivah: More than
a place . . .
it’s an attitude!
August 2016
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Rivah Camping
relax
ll campgrounds provide
full water, electric and
sewage hookups unless noted
and all phone numbers are in
the (804) area code. Contact
the camp for more information
and for rates.
ing cabin available. Restrooms,
showers and laundry facilities.
Pool, marina, restaurant, camp
store and beach within walking
distance.
A
Harbor View Campground
15 Harbor View Circle
Colonial Beach
224-8164
Open Apr.–Nov. 140 campsites
with full hookups. Family oriented, outdoor pool, recreation
center, boat slips, fishing,
picnic area, horseshoes, playground and basketball.
Gloucester
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone
Park™ Camp-Resort
3149 Campground Rd.
Hayes
642-4316
On the Severn River with fishing and crabbing piers and
boat ramp. Over 200 sites for
RV and tent camping, as well
as cottages. Yogi Bear’s Water
Zone™, Jumping Pillow, recreation center, playground, kayak
and paddleboat rentals. Family fun with planned activities.
Party packages and day passes available.
Thousand Trails –
Chesapeake Bay Preserve
12014 Trails Ln.
Gloucester
693-6924
On Piankatank River. 400 sites,
nationwide membership and
public camping, pool, boating
facilities, camp store, entertainment, organized activities.
Lancaster
1632 Belle Isle Rd.
Lancaster
(800) 933-Park
Campsites (28), canoe/kayak
campsites (4), rental cabins,
mansion and guest house.
Free boat launch for overnight
guests. Trails, fishing pier, canoe and motor boat rentals,
camp store, education center,
laundry facilities, bath house
and restrooms.
Mathews
Gwynn’s Island RV Resort
551 Buck Chase Rd.
Gwynn
725-5700
125 sites, beach, portable
boat launching, boat ramp
nearby, recreation hall, camp
store.
New Point Comfort
RV Resort
846 Sand Bank Rd.
New Point
725-5120
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Leedstown Campground
2195 Leedstown Rd.
Oak Grove
224-7445
Open May 1–Nov. 1. 20 RV
sites. 10 tent sites. Water front
camping, fishing pier, boat
launch, gas dock, camp store
and arcade.
Campers at Belle Isle State Park in Lancaster County can hike, fish, kayak.
300 sites, boating facilities,
pool, playgrounds, recreation
hall, planned entertainment.
Sites on water front.
Middlesex
Bethpage Camp-Resort
679 Browns Ln.
Urbanna
758-4349
Water park, full hook up
campsites, modern cottages,
reception facility, pavilion,
daily activities, theme weekends, live entertainment, playgrounds, marina, boat ramp,
storage, charter boat, pools,
sandy beach, water trampoline, Bethpage Miniature Golf &
Ice Creamery and more! Pets
welcome.
Bush Park Camp Resort
724 Bushy Park Rd.
Wake
776-6750
400 sites, year-round section,
pool, recreation hall, laundry,
scheduled activities, pier, boat
ramp.
Cross Rip Ltd.
Cross Rip Rd.
Deltaville
776-9324
Beach, boat basin, water
and electric. Reservations
requested.
Grey’s Point Camp
Topping
758-2485
Rappahannock River beach,
splash pool and waterpark
complex with water slides and
sprayers. Recreational activities, theme weekends, train
rides and live music. Hundreds
of full hookup campsites and
super sites.
Northumberland
Chesapeake Bay CampResort
382 Campground Rd.
Reedville
453-3430
On Little Wicomico River. Pool,
children’s playground, mini
golf, satellite TV, hot showers,
canoe rentals and boat ramp.
11 log cabins, 2 lodges, big
rig sites, tent and smaller RV
sites available. Cabin rentals
sleep four.
Richmond
Heritage Park
2570 Newland Rd.
Warsaw
333-4038
78 sites plus log cabins, 243
acres, boat ramp, hiking trails,
shaded picnic grounds. 2 BR
cabins available.
Monroe Bay Campground
1412 Monroe Bay Circle
Colonial Beach
224-7418
302 sites, including 134 full
hookup sites, 50 amp spots
available. Playground, game
room, campground store, propane on site, beach area and
boat ramp.
Naylors Beach Campground
4011 Naylors Beach Rd.
Warsaw
333-3951
Sites for tents and trailers, Westmoreland State Park
camp store, playground, boat 1650 State Park Rd.
Montross
493-8821
ramp. Open May 1-Sept. 30.
Camping (133 sites), group
camping (3 sites), and 26
Westmoreland
cabins. Pool and boat launch
Coles Point Campground at free for overnight guests.
Coles Point Marina
Camp store, laundry facili307 Plantation Dr.
ties and bathhouse.
Coles Point
472-4011
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History
Indians occupied the Northern Neck for some 10,000
years before Capt. John Smith sailed up the Rappahannock
River in 1608. The Powhatan Confederate was represented
here by the Moraughtacunds and the Cuttatawomen tribes.
A short 43 years later, Lancaster County was established
from neighboring Northumberland.
Families of notable influence in the social, political and
economic climate of the colonies built magnificent “empires” here, and family names like Carter and Ball still are
prevalent today.
Robert “King” Carter (1663–1732) of Corrotoman Plantation (in Weems) was the son of immigrant John Carter.
He acquired over 300,000 acres with some 1,000 slaves
working his various properties.
Married twice, “King” Carter fathered 15 children. Among
his descendants were eight governors of Virginia, three signers of the Declaration of Independence,
two presidents, leader of the confederate armies Gen. Robert E. Lee, and a Supreme Court Justice.
Carter is buried alongside his wives at the church he built near Irvington, Historic Christ Church.
The Ball family, meanwhile, established themselves at Morattico, Millenbeck and Epping Forest.
Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington, was born about 1708. The Mary Ball Washington Museum is located in Lancaster Courthouse and offers an extensive genealogy library.
A courthouse was established in 1698 at Queenstown on the Corrotoman River but in 1742 was
relocated to a central area were the militia gathered, now known as historic Lancaster Courthouse.
Today Lancaster County, with a population of some 11,400, has one of the largest communities of
retirees in the state thanks to its picturesque shoreline and temperate climate.
The world class Steamboat Era Museum on the Commons in Irvington and the Kilmarnock Museum
on North Main Street in Kilmarnock offer visitors a nostalgic trip back in time.
Historic Christ Church
Government
Lancaster County offices are headquartered at 8311 Mary Ball Road in Lancaster Courthouse.
462-5129. There are three incorporated towns in Lancaster County: Kilmarnock, White Stone and
Irvington. The sheriff’s office can be reached at 462-5111.
Libraries
Lancaster Community Library, Kilmarnock, 435-1729.
For Visitors
Information Center in the Lancaster by the Bay Chamber, 129 S. Main St. in Kilmarnock, 435-6092
(weekdays) or Kilmarnock Antique Mall at 144 School St.
By the numbers
Belle Isle Fishing Pier
Population (2015 estimates):
10,965
Land area: 133 square miles
Water area: 98 square miles
Take a stroll down Main Street, Kilmarnock, and
experience quaint shops of antiques, furniture stores,
specialty jewelers, boutiques and restaurants.
Did you know?
History lovers can visit Historic Christ Church
& Museum, Kilmarnock Museum, Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library, Morattico Waterfront
Museum or The Steamboat Era Museum.
• Lancaster County is the birthplace
of George Washington’s mother, Mary
Ball Washington. She was born in
1708 at Epping Forest near Lively.
• Historic Christ Church & Museum
in Irvington was the gift of Robert
“King” Carter in the year 1735, the
wealthiest, most powerful planter of
early 18th-century Virginia, to replace
a wooden church his father, John
Carter, had constructed on the site in
1670.
• Lancaster has three incorporated
towns: Kilmarnock, White Stone and
Irvington.
Main Street, Kilmarnock

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Pack a picnic lunch, grab a fishing pole, and be
ready to explore. Belle Isle State Park is the perfect
place in Lancaster for all the outdoor lovers. The
park has a campground, three picnic shelters, hiking,
biking and bridle trails, and motor boat and car-top
launches. It also offers overnight lodging at Bel Air
and the Bel Air Guest House. Explorers can rent
bikes, canoes, kayaks, and motorboats to aid in their
adventure. There is a playground, boardwalk, fishing
pier, and educational programming. The park is open
from dawn until dusk at 1632 Belle Isle Road.

July 28 through August 3 visitors may enjoy
the 81st annual Kilmarnock Firemen’s Festival at
the KVFD Carnival Grounds, 200 Waverly Avenue,
Kilmarnock. There will be amusement rides, games
of chance and carnival food.
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Essex County
History
Essex County’s history in written form dates
from Captain John Smith’s visit during the
winter of 1607-08, when he wrote of the
“excellent, pleasant, fertile, and navigable”
Rappahannock Valley.
In 1645 Bartholomew Hoskins patented
the Tappahannock site, which became
known at various times as Hobbs His Hole,
Hobb’s Hole, the short-lived New Plymouth,
and the Indian name Tappahannock. The
port town was to become a center of commerce during the 17th and 18th centuries,
establishing a crossroads.
The county came into being in 1692
when Old Rappahannock County, which
once encompassed at least 50 modern
counties in Virginia and West Virginia, was
divided along the river with the north side
becoming Richmond County and the south
becoming Essex.
During Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676, armed
men gathered near Piscataway Creek and
defeated Governor Berkeley’s cavalrymen.
Later they prevailed in the Dragon Swamp,
but eventually English warships and troops
suppressed the uprising. Frontier patrols,
however, were maintained against hostile
northern Indians into the early 1700’s.
The British Stamp Act of 1765 led directly
to the American Revolution, and it was in
Tappahannock that one of the first confron-
book is available at the county administrator’s office.
Today Essex has a population of 9,989
and Tappahannock is one of the largest
commercial centers in the region.
Government
The Essex County seat is at 205 Cross
St. in the Tappahannock Courthouse
Square. 443-4331. Essex County has
one town, Tappahannock. 443-3336. The
sheriff’s office can be reached at 4433346.
Libraries
Essex Public Library, Tappahannock,
443-4945.
The “Story of Essex and the River” is currently on display at the Essex County Museum
and includes memorabilia from the Steamboat Era and when oysters and seafood were
more dominant parts of the local economy.
tations occurred.
Leading merchant Archibald Ritchie, who
supported the Stamp Act, was labeled as
“the greatest enemy of his country.” On
February 27, 1766, gentlemen from nine
counties gathered at Leedstown to draft
the “Resolutions” that led Virginians to
disobey Parliament. They also made plans
to publicly humiliate Ritchie and the Scots
merchant Archibald McCall. These events
occurred seven years before the Boston Tea
Party.
The Essex Courthouse contains the
oldest records in Virginia. James B. Slaughter’s history of the area, “Settlers, Southerners, Americans: The History of Essex
County, Virginia 1608–1984,” recounts in
detail the county’s 350-year-old story. The
For Visitors
The Tappahannock-Essex Chamber
of Commerce is at 205 Cross Street,
Tappahannock.
Don’t Miss
QJuly 29-Sept. 5: All-Media Art Show,
Tappahannock Art Guild Gallery.
Q August 5: Wine On The Water, 5-8
p.m., Garrett’s Marina. Wine tastings,
music by Andrew MaGruder & Friends.
Proceeds support Ledwith-Lewis
Free Health Clinic in Tappahannock.
443-9590.
Gloucester County
History
Exploration of what would become
Gloucester County began soon after
1607 when Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New
World, was started 25 miles to its south.
Gloucester County was formed in 1651
from York County. It contained Kingston
Parish, which became Mathews County
in 1791.
Gloucester was home to several wellknown persons including Pocahontas,
daughter of Indian Chief Powhatan.
According to legend, she petitioned her
father to spare the life of English explorer
Captain John Smith, who was one of the
first white men to see the area in the
early 1600s.
Another infamous resident was
Nathaniel Bacon who, in 1676, led a
force of planters against the Indians.
Bacon’s Rebellion defeated the Indians
and then attempted to make the governor
reform colonial policies. His army burned
Jamestown and he briefly controlled the
colony before his death ended the revolt.
Fortified during Bacon’s Rebellion,
Gloucester Point is just across the York
River from Yorktown, site of the British
surrender to end the American Revolution.
Originally called Tyndall’s Point, named
for an early mapmaker, it was renamed
Gloucester Towne and was once the
residents.
Government
Most Gloucester County offices are in
the courts and office building at 6467
Main St. 693-4042. The sheriff’s office
can be reached at 693-4042.
Libraries
Gloucester Library, 6920 Main St.
693-2998. Gloucester Pt. Branch Library, 2354 York River Crossing Drive,
642-9790.
For Visitors
The Gloucester Visitor Center is in the
Roane Building at 6509 Main St. Open
Mon.–Sat., 10 a.m.–4 p.m. and Sun.,
1–4 p.m. 693-3215.
There will be two more summer Concerts on the Green on the lawn of Gloucester
Colonial Courthouse. Bring a blanket or chairs to this family-friendly event. Larry and
Toby will perform on Wednesday, August 24 at 6 p.m. Something Different will perform on
Wednesday, September, 14, at 6 p.m.
county seat until it was moved 13 miles
north during the 1700s.
When Jamestown was burned by
Bacon in 1676, the Virginia Executive
Council considered moving the state
capital to Tyndall’s Point, but the motion
was rejected. Jamestown remained the
state capital until it was shifted to Wil-
liamsburg.
In 1769, the new county seat, Botetourt Towne (old town Gloucester), was
laid out. It was named for Baron de Botetourt, then governor of Virginia.
Today, Gloucester is the largest of the
eight counties that make up the Northern
Neck and Middle Peninsula with 34,500
Don’t Miss
QAugust 6: Celebrate Summer 5K, 8-9
a.m., Beaverdam Park, 8687 Roaring Springs Road, Gloucester. For all
ages. $5. 693-2355.
Q August 20: Beaverdam Canoe Jam,
8 a.m.-11:45 p.m., Beaverdam
Park, 8687 Roaring Springs Road,
Gloucester. 693-2355.
QAugust 24: Concerts On The Green
featuring Larry & Toby, 6 p.m., Colonial Courthouse Lawn, Gloucester
Court House. Free. 693-2355.
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Mathews County
the Old Bay Line dropped passenger service
between Baltimore and Norfolk. The steamers stopped for good in the spring of 1962.
Today Mathews has a population of
9,200 people. While it is the smallest
county in the Northern Neck and Middle
Peninsula with only 87 square miles, it has
some 367 miles of shoreline and some of
the area’s best public access.
History
Mathews County was an established
shipbuilding center for the Chesapeake
Bay when it broke away from Gloucester in
1791 to become a separate county.
About that time, 12 sailing ships over
20 tons each were built in a single year in
Mathews, which the Chiskiake Indians had
called Werowocomico.
Between 1790 and 1820, approximately
a third of the ships built in Virginia came
from Mathews. The sharp, fast vessels,
popularly known as Baltimore Clippers,
were built throughout the Chesapeake Bay
region. Before the War of 1812, these fast
ships were simply known as “Virginia built.”
From 1802 to 1844, Mathews was an
official port of entry for the registration
and enrollment of ships. During this period, 10,000 vessels called at the “Port of
East River.” The customs house stood at
Williams Wharf (marker 13), which was a
center of maritime activity until the steamers quit running in the 1940s.
Cricket Hill, near Gwynn’s Island, was
the site of one of the last naval engagements of the Revolutionary War. In June
1776, Continental forces bombarded the
British fleet and encampment on Gwynn’s
Island. Lord Dunmore, the last royal governor, was driven from the colony, ending
British rule in Virginia.
When water was the highway, boats were
the standard means of travel. The arrival of
Government
Most county government offices are
in Liberty Square at 10604 Buckley Hall
Rd, Mathews, 725-7172 or co.mathews.
va.us. The sheriff’s office can be reached
at 725-7177.
Libraries
Mathews Memorial Library, 251 Main
St. 725-4123.
For Visitors
The Mathews Maritime Foundation and Museum exhibit “Remembering WWII” honors
veterans and Merchant Marines of Mathews County and will be on display through
November 30. The museum is at 482 Main Street in Mathews Court House and is open
Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
steamships at Williams Wharf with cargo
from Norfolk, Newport News or Baltimore
was a daily highlight.
World War II put most of the steamboat
lines out of business. In 1942 the govern-
ment requisitioned most of the bay and
coastal steamers for service in the war effort.
The last remaining steamboat line, the
Old Bay Line, stopped its York River to Baltimore run in 1942. About 20 years later,
The Mathews County Visitor and Information Center is in historic Sibley’s General Store at 239 Main St. 725-4229.
Don’t Miss
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RAL announces upcoming events
LANCASTER—The
Rappahannock Art League (RAL)
recently announced its special
events for August.
The events will be held at the
Street, Kilmarnock, reported Barbara Pulling of the communications committee.
A new exhibit, “Men at Work,”
will open August 2 and continue
through August 27. Art will be
on display from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesdays through Saturdays at the
Studio Gallery.
The exhibit will feature works
by RAL members including pottery by Ed Ramsey, oil painting
by David Zuck, acrylics by Johnny
Hayes, sculpture by Ron Taylor,
photography by Hank Roden and
watercolors by Ralph Higgins,
said Pulling.
A First Friday Art Reception
from 5 to 7 p.m. August 5 will
showcase the exhibit. The public
is invited to drop by the gallery to
visit exhibiting artists and enjoy
light refreshments, said Pulling.
Two Kids’ Summer Fun Workshops with instructor Marilyn
Sprouse will be offered August 1
through 5 at the Studio Gallery.
Both workshops are for ages 7 and
older.
Drawing Adventures will be
held from 10 a.m. to noon, said
Pulling. Youth will practice representative drawing skills using
their own imagination and pencil
power, using techniques (foreshadowing, density, contour and
overlapping) honed by Mark Kistler, host of the TV series “Secret
City” and “Draw Squad.”
Make, Build, Play will be held
from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., she said.
Youth will explore using dimen-
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function. They will learn to make
and use their own clay, put together
a dimensional vehicle and paint it,
use polymer and air dry clays. Participants are reminded to wear old
clothes or bring a cover up to class.
Upcoming adult workshops
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a great painter and entertaining
instructor, said Pulling. The workshop will be held from 6:30 to 8
p.m. August 19. Snacks will be
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RICHMOND COUNTY—The
Friends of the Rappahannock and
Menokin Foundation will host a
tour of the new Cat Point Creek
Water Trail from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
August 26. Tickets are $40 per
individual and $120 for family, or
$32 and $96 for members.
The ticket includes a kayak, personal flotation device and paddle,
reported Woodie Walker.
Cat Point Creek is one of the
most pristine Northern Neck tributaries of the Rappahannock River,
said Walker. Participants also will
tour Menokin, the Colonial-era
home of Francis Lightfoot Lee.
Participants are reminded to
bring lunch, snack, water and
sunscreen. The tour will originate
from Menokin, 4037 Menokin
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for this event is 12 years.
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Visit
Once a bustling colonial port — Now
a harbor town big with charm and
surprises.
Stroll along the streets where friendly
neighbors stop to chat and where kids
still ride their bikes after school.
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your heart — and bring you back again.
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Calendar of Events
August 13 - Farmer's Market. 9am - 1pm. Stock up on home grown
goodies, choice perennials, annuals, flower arrangements and
topiaries, just picked produce, fresh baked goods, artisan cheeses,
clothing, jewelry, soaps, candles, locally homegrown meat, fresh
eggs and who knows what else. Visit our special section for artists.
August 20 - Music Under the Stars. Featured Artist – The Voo-Doo
Dolls (Rock and Blues) 7pm - 9pm 3rd Saturdays at Town Marina,
bring your chair or blanket. Picnic and socialize to a variety of
live music! Concerts are free and sponsored by the Urbanna
Business Association. Donations are accepted.
Middlesex County
saw a flash of a cannon firing would scream
“squat” and the townsfolk would squat to the
ground.
Today Middlesex County has a population of 9,600 and is home to the popular
Urbanna Oyster Festival, which draws thousands for a weekend of music and mollusks
every November.
History
Middlesex County was formed around
1669 from Lancaster County, making it
one of the oldest English settlements in the
United States. Many plantation homes still
stand from the Colonial era.
Bordered by the Rappahannock and
Piankatank rivers and the Chesapeake
Bay, much of its history centers around the
water. The town of Urbanna was formed in
1680 as a center for shipping tobacco from
surrounding plantations.
Urbanna was the county seat until 1852
when it was moved to Saluda. Throughout
the county are homes built in the 1700s.
Wartime stories abound dating back to the
Revolutionary and Civil wars. During these
wars, plantations such as Providence and
Rosegill were bombarded and looted.
Stingray Point near Deltaville gained immortal fame as the spot where Captain
John Smith was nearly killed by a stingray.
Three centuries ago ships from London,
Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow were common sights on Urbanna Creek. Just across
the creek from Urbanna is Rosegill, one of
the oldest plantations in America. Home
to five generations of Wormeleys, it was
for many years a center of influence in the
Colony and a power in the political and commercial life of this area.
During the Civil War, General George McClellan formulated a plan of attack to take
Government
Middlesex County offices are in the
Woodward Building at the Courthouse Complex in Saluda. 758-4330. Middlesex has
one town, Urbanna: 758-2613.
Libraries
Middlesex Public Library Urbanna Branch,
758-5717. Deltaville Branch, 776-7362.
For Visitors
An oyster exhibit is now on display in the Urbanna Museum and Visitors Center in the
Scottish Factor Store on Virginia Street in Urbanna. The museum is open Thursday through
Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, noon-3 p.m.
Richmond starting from Urbanna. Named
the Urbanna Plan, it was never instituted.
In 1862, several Yankee warships bombarded the town but legend has it that the
only thing the Yanks killed was an old hare.
One of the cannonballs did hit the old court-
house, which today is the Middlesex Woman’s Club building on Virginia Street.
During the bombardment, townsfolk congregated on the creek bank at the current
site of the Urbanna Bridge. Legend has it an
old man stood at the hilltop and whenever he
James Mills Scottish Facots Store, 45
Cross St. in Urbanna. Listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. Serves as a visitors center. 758-2613.
Don’t Miss
QAugust 6: Crab Feast, 5-8 p.m., Lower
Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department,
Deltaville Firehouse. Music by HonkyTonk Heroes.
Q August 20: Music Under The Stars
featuring The Voo-Doo Dolls, 7-9 p.m.,
Urbanna Town Marina. Free.
Northumberland County
History
Nor thumberland County is called
the Mother County of the Nor thern
Neck.
Settled by the English in 1648,
Nor thumberland was of ficially established by an act of the Burgesses in Jamestown in 1648. It was
later divided into three additional
counties, Lancaster, Richmond and
Westmoreland Counties.
At its hear t is Heathsville, the
county seat. Located between the
headwaters of the Coan and the Great
Wicomico rivers, in 1679 it was chosen as the site of the county cour thouse. The building was completed
and county justices were moved in
1681.
In 1797, citizens established a
20-acre town around the cour thouse
square naming it in honor of citizen
leader John Heath who lived just down
the road at Springfield, an historic
plantation mansion still standing and
occupied today.
In 1992, the National Register of Historic Places designated
Heathsville an Historic District, along
with the original cour thouse and tavern, now a restaurant, gift shop and
museum. The cour thouse square also
includes a blacksmith shop, transpor-
Artisans demonstrate weaving at the
Heathsville Farmers Market. It’s held the
third Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. -1
p.m. at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern.
crop and currency. Later, most of its
residents relied on the water for their
livelihoods. Today, there are many
char ter boat captains. And cruises,
like those to Tangier and Smith Island, are major tourist attractions.
The quaint fishing village of
Reedville, with its “Millionaire’s Row”
of Victorian homes, remains a tribute
to the area’s heritage. The Reedville
Fisherman’s Museum provides a
comprehensive over view of the village’s fishing industr y, both past and
current.
Burgess is home to the Nor thern
Neck Farm Museum, which features
the area’s agricultural histor y, from
the Indians who roamed the lands to
the large commercial canneries that
once lined the shores. Visitors can
learn about agriculture, view the tools
that assisted the farmers and learn
the impact of these industries on the
people of this region.
With more than 556 miles of scenic shoreline, more than 12,300 call
Nor thumberland County home.
Government
The Nor thumberland County seat
tation museum, old jail and carriage
is on Rt. 360 in Heathsville. 580house.
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dent upon tobacco as its major cash The sherif f’s of fice can be reached at
580-5221.
Libraries
Nor thumberland Public Librar y is
at 7204 Nor thumberland Highway in
Heathsville, 580-5051. High speed
wireless internet access available.
For Visitors
The Nor thumberland County Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center,129
Nor thumberland Hwy. (Rt. 360) in
Callao is open Wed., Thurs. and Sat.,
9 a.m.–1 p.m. and Fri., 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. 529-5031.
Don’t Miss
QAugust 20: Commemoration of
Robert Carter III’s Deed of Emancipation of Slaves, 11 a.m. First
Baptist Church, 3585 Courthouse
Rd, Heathsville. Sponsors: Mary
Ball Washington Museum & Library,
Northern Neck of Virginia Historical
Society, Historic Christ Church &
Museum, First Baptist Church. Historical character conversations with
Robert Carter III and black Baptist
preacher Gowan Pamphlet; remarks
by Thomas Duckenfield III, Esq., descendant of freed Carter slaves;
and music by First Baptist Church
Choir. Donations suggested.
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Richmond County
headquarters for many regional government agencies as well as a community
college, vocational center and regional jail.
History
Known as the Gateway to the Northern
Neck, Richmond County was established in
1692 from the old Rappahannock County.
Originally explored by Captain John
Smith in 1607–1608, the county
was settled in 1640 when people migrated up from settlements below the
Rappahannock River. It was presumably
named after the First Duke of Richmond,
cousin to both King William III and Queen
Mary. One of the early settlers was Colonel Moore Fauntleroy, who patented land
in the county in 1650.
The first county seat was thought to be
at the mouth of Little Carter’s Creek, then
moved to Naylors, an early river settlement. The seat moved inland in 1730
and renamed the Richmond County Courthouse. In 1831, the name was changed
to Warsaw in sympathy with the Polish
struggle for independence. Warsaw was
incorporated as the county’s only town in
1947.
The Downing Bridge was built across
the Rappahannock River in 1927, connecting Richmond County to Essex and
opening up travel to and from the Northern Neck. The bridge replaced 200 years
of ferry service and was dedicated by Sen.
Thomas Downing of the Northern Neck.
Richmond County was home of the
last president elected under the Articles
Government
The Richmond County seat is at 101
Court Circle in Warsaw. 333-3415. Richmond County has one incorporated
town, Warsaw. The sheriff’s office can be
reached at 333-3611.
Libraries
The Richmond County Public Library is
at 52 Campus Dr. in Warsaw. 333-3025.
For Visitors
The Richmond County Museum and
Visitors Center is open Wed. - Sun. and
is at 5874 Richmond Rd. in Warsaw.
333-3607.
Music, food, games and a midway full of rides for young and old will draw thousands to
Warsaw in August for the annual Richmond County Fair.
of Confederation. In 1788, Judge Cyrus
Griffin was elected president of the U.S.
Congress Assembly and held that position
until the U.S. Constitution was adopted
and his successor, George Washington,
was elected as the first U.S. President.
William A. Jones gained recognition for
Richmond County in 1916 when, in supporting self-government for all people, he
authorized a bill that guaranteed independence for the Philippines. In 1926, the
people of the Philippines erected a memorial at Jones’ gravesite in the St. John’s
Episcopal Churchyard in Warsaw.
Today Richmond County has a population of 9,300. Serving as the crossroads
of U.S. Route 360 and State Route 3, the
county seat of Warsaw is currently the
Don’t Miss
QAugust 26: Cat Point Creek Water
Trail Tour, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Departing
from Menokin, 4037 Menokin Road,
Warsaw. Sponsors: Friends of the
Rappahannock and Menokin Foundation. $40 per individual/$120 per family, or $32/$96 for members. Ticket
includes kayak, personal flotation device, paddle. Bring lunch, snack, water
and sunscreen. Ages 12 and older.
Register at riverfriends.org/events, or
call 540-373-3448, ext 117.
Westmoreland County
History
Libraries
Established in 1653 by the colonial government in Jamestown,
Westmoreland County was named
for a British shire. The county’s most
significant contributions to histor y include its fostering of more statesmen
than any other county in the countr y,
and for the Leedstown Resolutions.
Considered the forerunner of the
Declaration of Independence, the
Leedstown Resolutions were signed
in Februar y, 1766. Prepared by Richard Henr y Lee, the document was
signed by 115 patriots who bound
themselves together “To Prevent The
Execution of The Stamp Act.”
Stratford Hall was the boyhood
home of Richard Henr y Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, signers of the Declaration of Independence.
General Henr y “Light-Horse Harr y”
Lee was a Revolutionar y War hero
and ser ved as one of General George
Washington’s most trusted of ficers.
He is the father of Rober t E. Lee.
General Rober t E. Lee was born
in 1807 at Stratford Hall. Lee was a
colonel in the U. S. Army when the
Civil War broke out. Of fered the command of the Union Army, Lee declined
because he “could take no par t in an
invasion” of his homeland.
Abraham and William I. Cooper Memorial Branch is at 18 Washington
Ave. in Colonial Beach. 224-0921.
Montross Branch is at 56 Polk St. in
Montross. 493-8194. Blake T. Newton Memorial Branch is at 22 Coles
Point Road in Hague. 472-3820.
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For Visitors
The Westmoreland County Visitors
Center is in the county museum and
librar y at 43 Cour t Square, Montross.
493-8440.
Visitors fish on the pier in Colonial Beach.
Most notable among the statesmen
of Westmoreland, George Washington
was born at Popes Creek in 1732.
James Monroe, the nation’s fifth
president, was born in 1758 on a
farm near Monroe Bay.
Today, Westmoreland has a population of 16,700 and is home to the
only of f-track betting casino in the
area. Fishing and agriculture are still
the area’s mainstays, with wineries,
produce farms and seafood packers
among some of the most prominent
businesses in the county.
Government
The Westmoreland County of fices
are at 111 Polk St. in Montross.
493-0130. westmoreland-county.org.
Westmoreland has two towns, Colonial Beach and Montross. The sherif f’s of fice can be reached 493-8066.
Don’t Miss
QAugust 5: First Friday Event, 5-9 p.m.
Montross. Self-guided tour through
village. Art galleries, shops, dining,
music, farmers market.
Q August 27: National Park Service
Centennial Founders Day, George
Monument, 1732 Popes Creek
Road, Colonial Beach. Celebrate the
100th anniversary of the National
Park Service with music and games
from the 1930s. 224-1732, ext.
225.
Maryland
Gateway
★ Potomac
Visitor Center
Rivah Country
301
James Monroe Birthplace
★ Colonial Beach
★ ★Colonial Beach Museum
Sites of Interest in the Northern Neck
Colonial Beach Visitor’s Center
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George Washington Birthplace
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★Westmoreland State Park
★ Stratford Hall
WESTMORELAND
COUNTY
Coles Point
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Montross
Westmoreland County
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ESSEX
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★ Kinsale Museum
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Naylors Beach
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Callao
Warsaw
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Public Beach
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Dragon Run
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Indian Reservation
Steamboat Era
Museum
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354
Saluda
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607
MIDDLESEX
COUNTY
Middlesex County
Museum
★Dameron March
Merry Point Free Ferry
200
Irvington
Urbanna Visitor’s Center ★
★ Mattaponi
Indian Reservation
626
Cruise to Tangier Island
605
Washington Museum
Urbanna
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Museum
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Tangier Island
Reedville
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Sunnybank Ferry
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Bushmill Stream
Natural Area
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LANCASTER
Lively COUNTY
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State Park
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Museum
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Heathsville
Burgess
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Rice’s Hotel
Hughletts Tavern
Kilmarnock
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Lancaster Visitor’s Center
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White Stone
Windmill Point Light
Windmill Point
★Public Beach
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West Point
Deltaville
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Deltaville Maritime Museum
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COUNTY
★ Gwynn’s Island Museum
Gwynn’s Island
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MATHEWS
COUNTY
★ Tompkins Cottage
★
Visitor’s Center
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Wolf Trap Lighthouse
Mobjack
Bay
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Chesapeake
Bay
★ Williams Wharf Rowing Center
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Stingray Point
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★ New Point Comfort Lighthouse
New Point Comfort Observation Walkway
Gloucester
Point
Williamsburg
★
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Yorktown
Victory Center
New Point Comfort Island
VIMS Aquarium/
Gloucester Point Beach Park
Yorktown
★Yorktown Beach
★Yorktown Visitor Center
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