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Aerial
Photos, Low Tide and Shoals
courtesy of Gary
Ellis ellisge@kaballero.com
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Nancy Constance, the first Flotilla 33 Webmaster, recruited Coast Guard Auxiliary pilot Gary Ellis to photograph the creeks and shoals of the Northern Neck at an extreme low tide. Astute skippers wait for years to catch a glimpse of exposed shallows and what they learn then is revered as 'local knowledge' ever after. Once you've seen Gary's aerial photos of the approach to Broad Creek in Deltaville, for example, you will never, ever again consider the utter folly of failing to honor the FL G "1" mark at the outer end of the approach channel.
The first five pages of these photographs were made in the Fall of 1999. The sixth page has pictures of the Corrotoman River, Moran Creek and Taylor Creek made in the Fall of 2001. The images are large and take time to load. Be patient. They're worth the wait.
(We've labeled these pages 'The Rivah!' which they aren't by geographic specificity, and the title is probably too clever by half. But if you got here and go on to explore the images you probably won't want to lodge a complaint.)
below: From Little Bay, looking SE over the tip of the northern part of Fleets Island
below: Taken over Little Bay, Fleets Island and Windmill Point in far background
below: Little Bay with entrance to Antipoison Creek (left) looking up the Chesapeake
below: Zooming in on Clark Point (in photo above) at the Antipoison Creek entrance
