Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

The Watermen's Museum

Part of a Network of Special Places

— Chesapeake Bay Gateways —

The Watermen's Museum Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 20, 2013

1. The Watermen's Museum Marker

Inscription. The Watermen's Museum is one of the Chesapeake Bay's special places linked together by the Gateways Network. Visitors to Chesapeake Bay Gateways experience first-hand the varied stories and adventures shaped by the extraordinary environment of America's largest estuary. There are more than 150 Gateway sites and water-trails and all of them offer ways to explore and connect to the authentic Chesapeake. To learn more, visit the Gateways website at: www.baygateways.net or ask here for the informative map and guide.

Chesapeake Bay Facts:
• 2,500 sq. miles of water
• Width: 3.4 to 35 miles
• Approximately 11,684 miles of shoreline
• Average depth – 21 feet; maximum depth 174 feet
• Largest of the 130 estuaries (a place where salt and fresh water intermix) in the United States
• Watershed drains 64,000 sq. miles of land in 5 states
• The estuary supports more than 3,600 species of plants and animals

While in the area visit nearby Gateway sites to learn even more stories about the Chesapeake Bay.

Watermen fishing the Bay
The Chesapeake Bay is filled with maritime lore. Watermen still head out in pre-dawn darkness to harvest the Bay’s bounty.

Osprey
Millions of waterfowl make their way along the Bay and through its watershed every

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year. Witness these migrations and countless other natural wonders.

Yorktown Battlefield
At Gateway sites like Yorktown Battlefield history comes alive. The Bay provided the background for events that created our nation.

Erected by National Park Service.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Features.

Location. 37° 14.375′ N, 76° 30.639′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It can be reached from Water Street west of Buckner Street, on the right when traveling west. Located along Yorktown's Riverwalk. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 309 Water Street, Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Join the Adventure (here, next to this marker); Yorktown's Windmill (a few steps from this marker); John Smith Explores the Chesapeake (a few steps from this marker); Virginia Chesapeake Bay Patent Tong Work Boats (within shouting distance of this marker); Pages Rock Lighthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Tobacco Press (within shouting distance of this marker); Oysters and the Chesapeake Bay (within shouting

Yorktown's Riverwalk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 20, 2013

2. Yorktown's Riverwalk

distance of this marker); What’s a Chesapeake Bay Deadrise? (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Aviation Field Yorktown (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . The Watermen's Museum. (Submitted on April 21, 2013.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 523 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 21, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.