THE CHESAPEAKE is a body of water about 200 miles long extending from the Susquehanna River southward to the Atlantic Ocean. With more than 150 rivers & streams feeding the bay, its watershed covers 64,299 square miles in the District of Columbia and parts of 6 states, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It derives its name from the Algonquin word Chesepiooc, referring to a village at a big river, and is the 7th oldest surviving English place-name in the United States, first used by explorers heading north from the colony at Roanoke into a Chesapeake Bay tributary in 1585. The most widely accepted meaning of the word is “Great Water.”
THIS WEBSITE, chesapeakebaylandscapes.com, FEATURES ARTWORK & HISTORIC TOURS. Artist Gayle N. Mandell of Moran Creek Studio has partnered with AREA INNS & B&Bs, the CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION, MARY BALL WASHINGTON MUSEUM & LIBRARY, the MIDDLESEX COUNTY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY, & VIRGINIA.ORG to celebrate the bay and its environs and to share its beauty through her artwork.
PAINTINGS OF THE BAY and its environs are available for sale & may be viewed at Gayle's studio on Moran Creek in Weems on Virgina's Northern Neck, on the website, or at local galleries & gift shops. Art instruction is also offerred. See the page for MORAN CREEK STUDIO for details.
HALF-DAY PRIVATE TOURS TO HISTORIC HOMES in Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland & Richmond Counties are offerred year-round on weekdays between 10am & 1pm OR 1pm & 4pm for groups of 3 to 5 people. Trips to homes are on-site stops with commentary and are not house tours. Pick up points include the MARY BALL WASHINGTON MUSEUM & LIBRARY, the MIDDLESEX COUNTY MUSEUM, SELECTED AREA INNS & B&Bs, the HARTFILED PARK & RIDE, & the KILMARNOCK PUBLIC LOT. The cost is $25.00 per person (3 person minimum). OPTIONAL "DUTCH TREAT" LUNCHES at historic Taverns in Lancaster & Northumberland are available following morning tours & OPTIONAL VINEYARD TOURS can be scheduled on Thursday afternoons only. Wine tastings at ATHENA are $3.00 per person. Tastings at WHITE FENCES are $4.00 per person & include a souvenir glass. Approximately 8 wines are offered.
HELP SAVE THE BAY!
For any purchaser of art or framing at Moran Creek Studio who is referred by a participating Inn, 15% of the sale will be donated to the CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION.
