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Tangier Island

A Disappearing Treasure
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Canton rd 0.38mi Canton rd
Factory rd 0.39mi Factory rd
Hilda Crockett rd 0.04mi Hilda Crockett rd
Hog Ridge rd 0.12mi Hog Ridge rd
John Al Ln 0.06mi John Al Ln
Long Bridge Rd 0.15mi Long Bridge Rd
Main Ridge Rd 0.46mi Main Ridge Rd
Parsonage Ln 0.04mi Parsonage Ln
Pat Day Ln 0.08mi Pat Day Ln
Public Beach 0.27mi Public Beach
Rayville ln 0.08mi Rayville ln
School ln 0.24mi School ln
Tangier Airport 0.75mi Tangier Airport
Tangier Shoreline east 0.82mi Tangier Shoreline east
Tangier Shoreline west 0.79mi Tangier Shoreline west
Thomas Rd 0.06mi Thomas Rd
Twin John ln 0.03mi Twin John ln
Wallace rd 0.19mi Wallace rd
West Ridge rd 0.82mi West Ridge rd
Shoreline
Canton Creek 1.68mi Canton Creek
East Channel to Main Channel 1.03mi East Channel to Main Channel
Factory Rd Creek 0.06mi Factory Rd Creek
Fishing Gut 0.89mi Fishing Gut
Fishing Gut Continued 0.30mi Fishing Gut Continued
Hog Ridge Creek 0.59mi Hog Ridge Creek
North Channel 0.75mi North Channel
North Channel 0.66mi North Channel
Port Isobel 0.70mi Port Isobel
Port Isobel Channel 0.54mi Port Isobel Channel
Port Isobel West 0.51mi Port Isobel West
Southern Tip 0.77mi Southern Tip
Tangier East 0.84mi Tangier East
Tangier South East 1.08mi Tangier South East
Toms Gut 3.16mi Toms Gut
West Ridge Channel 1.44mi West Ridge Channel
West Ridge Creek 0.93mi West Ridge Creek
West Ridge to Factory Rd 0.22mi West Ridge to Factory Rd
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Tangier is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States, on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The population was 727 at the 2010 census. Since 1850, the island's landmass has been reduced by 67%. Under the mid-range sea level rise scenario, much of the remaining landmass is expected to be lost in the next 50 years and the town will likely need to be abandoned. The people who came to settle the island permanently arrived in the 1770s and were farmers. In the late 19th century, the islanders began to become more dependent on harvesting crabs and oysters from the Chesapeake Bay. As the waterman livelihood became more important and more lucrative, there were often conflicts among the oyster dredgers and oyster tongers in the bay, and between those living in Maryland and those living in Virginia. Many people who live in Tangier speak a distinctive dialect of American English. Various scholars have disputed how much of the dialect is derived from British English lexicon and phonetics. Linguist David Shores has noted that, while it may sound like a British variety of English, the dialect is a distinct creation of its own time and place off the eastern shore of Virginia. The persistence of this dialectal variety is often attributed to the geographic isolation of the population from the mainland. Tangier Island is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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