Since 1850, Tangier Island has lost two-thirds of its landmass and surrounding neighbors. "I've seen islands disappear, ... "Staring at the map of Tangier for hours and hours on end." ...

Tangier Island on Sept. 10, 2021. Waterman’s crab shanties stacked with crab pots lined the shoreline as we approached the island. The airstrip was visible in the distance.

TANGIER, Va. — Tangier Island, Virginia … population 460 (and shrinking). It’s a quirky, isolated place located smack dab in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Residents drive golf carts and ...

And when you look at a map you can just as easily miss the tiny island that the tower sits on, 12 miles from either coast in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Largely unknown, Tangier Island, ...

TANGIER, Va. — Mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge ushered his visitors onto a boat for a tour of the disappearing shoreline of his island, turned to Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and said: “Thinking of ...

Tangier aka the “soft-shell crab capital of the world” located off the Eastern Shore in Accomack County, Va. was delightful.The five-mile-long island between Virginia and Maryland is home to ...