Smith Island, Virginia

Smith Island, Virginia

Smith Island is located adjacent to the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia in Northampton County near Cape Charles.

In 1614, Governor Thomas Dale sent 20 men, under Lieutenant William Craddock, to the area to establish a salt works and to catch fish for the colonists. They intended to make salt by boiling down the sea water. They settled along Old Plantation Creek at Dale's Gift on the mainland, but established the salt works on Smith Island.

Cape Charles Lighthouse is located on Smith Island.


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