Designated as the first national water trail, the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail follows the historic routes of the English explorer’s voyages between 1607 and 1609 on the ...

Unlike other historic sites in the region, no maps or documentation reference ... erosion threatens vulnerable locations ...

Reminders of its heydays are everywhere, as historic homes line ... Smith made several expeditions to map the expansive coastal estuary known as Chesapeake Bay. Onancock was a great deep-water ...