Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay is slowly disappearing as sea rises and erosion hits the shoreline. The population has ...

Holland Island was once five miles long. It was home to a fishing community of 250 to 360 people, with more than 60 homes, a church and other buildings. But erosion forced the residents to leave &m… ...

Once one of the most populated islands in the bay, Holland Island was first settled in the 1600s and grew to a community of around 350 people by 1910. There were dozens of homes, a post office, a ...

For 15 years, Stephen White battled the elements. But time and tide have claimed another remnant of the Chesapeake Bay’s fading maritime culture. White, a Methodist minister and former waterm… ...

HOLLAND ISLAND, Md. — The story was strange enough to be a child's fable: In an isolated section of the Chesapeake Bay, there was a two-story Victorian house that seemed to emerge directly from ...

Holland Island Host Bob Edwards has the story of Holland Island, and the man who is trying to save it. Like many Chesapeake Bay islands, Holland is slowly being lost to rising tides and erosion.

Chesapeake Bay islands continue to enchant us, ... County and made about 12 miles before thunderstorms forced us to hunker down for the night on the last remnant of Holland Island.

The Associated Press reported the incident today, which was noted by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-- and probably few others. The last residents of Holland Island fled in 1922.

But, in truth, Smith Island’s story seems to have been written many times over on other Chesapeake Bay islands: The last residents of James Island, formerly home to hundreds of settlers on 975 ...

HOLLAND ISLAND, Md. — The story was strange enough to be a child’s fable: In an isolated section of the Chesapeake Bay, there was a two-story Victorian house that seemed to emerge directly ...