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The culture on Tangier Island developed in splendid isolation due to its remote location in the middle of Chesapeake Bay. Even today the island can be reached only by air or by water. There is a small airport on the island and there are ferries from Reedsville on the Virginia mainland, from Crisfield on Maryland's eastern shore, and from Onancock on Virginia's eastern shore. Some say that one can still hear a hint of Elizabethan English in the speech of the inhabitants who have made their living from the Bay since Colonial times. Tangier Island is truly a national treasure.

I have more information and several more photographs on my Tangier Island travel page.

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Resources for Planning your Visit

• Tangier Island, Virginia. My Travel Page with much more about Tangier Island
• Wikipedia's Tangier, Virginia
• Tangier Island Guide
• Accomack County's Official Websitek
• Virginia is for Lovers website