What is the geography of Tangier, Virginia?
Tangier is located on an island in a part of the Chesapeake Bay called the Lower Eastern Shore. It is in fact made up of many small islands divided by marshes and small tidal streams. The islands are connected by wooden bridges. The main island has three ridges, called Main Ridge, Canton, and West Ridge by the inhabitants. North of Tangier is an island which was abandoned after the stream between the two islands (Oyster creek) became too wide to build a bridge over. This northernmost area is called Uppards, and originally had a neighborhood called Canaan. The only structures left on Uppards are duck hunting lodges, since 1928. A few of the homes on Main Ridge were moved from Uppards before the flooding got too bad. Each of the ridges have neighborhoods. On the Northern part of Main Ridge, the neighborhood is called Meat Soup. On the Northern part of West Ridge it is called Sheep’s Head. On the Southern part of Main Ridge it is called Black Dye, and on the Southern part of West Ridge it
