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Tangier Island: The Last Watermen's Village
A tiny island in the Chesapeake Bay where the old ways of the water are still very much alive.
Stories from the Shore

Places
A tiny island in the Chesapeake Bay where the old ways of the water are still very much alive.

Food & Drink
Old Bay, beer, and patience. The Maryland tradition of steaming crabs is part ritual, part feast.

Outdoors
North Carolina's barrier islands offer some of the finest surf fishing on the East Coast. Here's how to make the most of it.

Places
Spanning 23 miles across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, this engineering feat connects two worlds.

Lifestyle
Science is catching up to what coastal people have known for generations — the water heals.

Food & Drink
From crab cakes to she-crab soup — the definitive guide to cooking with blue crabs.
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