Smith Island and Chincoteague Oyster Festival
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The Chesapeake Semester boarded the Captain Jason in Crisfield, MD for a 40 minute boat ride to the small community of Smith Island to discover Chesapeake culture.
The next day, they headed down to Chincoteague Island, Virginia, for the annual Oyster Festival.
The next day, they headed down to Chincoteague Island, Virginia, for the annual Oyster Festival.
The historic town of Crisfield, said to be built on oyster shells, now boasts apartment complexes inches away from the water.
Mike Hardesty ’05
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Students spent a full day at the Chincoteague Island National Wildlife Refuge birding and kayaking through the marshes. -
With the requisite lectures in the natural sciences under their belt, Chesapeake Semester students started off on their second Journey that would last 10 days and take them from the remote and peaceful forests of Shenandoah National Park to the crowded boardwalk of Ocean City with stops at the marsh swamps of Black Water National Wildlife Refuge and the coastal bays of Chincoteague and Assateague Island National Wildlife Refuge. -
With the requisite lectures in the natural sciences under their belt, Chesapeake Semester students started off on their second Journey that would last 10 days and take them from the remote and peaceful forests of Shenandoah National Park to the crowded boardwalk of Ocean City with stops at the marsh swamps of Black Water National Wildlife Refuge and the coastal bays of Chincoteague and Assateague Island National Wildlife Refuge.
