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About Smith Island
This page provides information about Smith Island, Maryland.
About Smith Island
Smith Island is a small island in the Chesapeake Bay. The nearest mainland port is Crisfield and the 2 towns are closely linked in culture. The island is home to three small communities, Ewell, Tylerton and Rhodes Point.
Shallow water and marshy areas surround the island. The grassbeds are home to countless young blue crabs which come to grow and shed.
This fishery for shedder crabs, known as "peeler crabs" are a main source of income for watermen. The commercial crabbers of Smith and Tangier Islands catch crabs by traps, nets or scrapes and then hold them in tanks until they molt. The resulting soft shelled crab is a valuable seafood delicacy.
Shallow water and marshy areas surround the island. The grassbeds are home to countless young blue crabs which come to grow and shed.
This fishery for shedder crabs, known as "peeler crabs" are a main source of income for watermen. The commercial crabbers of Smith and Tangier Islands catch crabs by traps, nets or scrapes and then hold them in tanks until they molt. The resulting soft shelled crab is a valuable seafood delicacy.
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Smith Island Cakes
No one is sure when the Smith Island women started baking cakes composed of several pancake-thin layers that are iced with chocolate or other types of icing. Historians claim the cakes originally had as few as four layers although a modern day Smith Island cake usually has more layers. A perfect Smith Island cake today is often considered to have 10 layers and stand about three inches high.
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Solomon's Lump Lighthouse
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Solomon's Lump Lighthouse marks the Northern tip of Smith Island in Kedges Straits.
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- jack jack Sep 30, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
- How is the fishing at Smith Island? Any blues?
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