The Narrows 2017

Right before the turn to Fort Story on this drizzly day we visited.  We stopped at the "Narrows" as it's called.

Included in the lynhaven river system is the" Narrows".   A narrow body of water connecting Linkhorn Bay and Broad Bay.  During colonial times the area may have connected to the Atlantic Ocean.
Captain John Smith explored and mapped the Chesapeake Bay in 1608.  He said Oysters lay thick as stones in the waterways.

Something I am reminded about while reading the information here - Oysters are like bi-valves that help keep the river system clean by filtering and processing contaminants.  
Storm water run-off containing yard fertilizer, animal waste and other contaminants have decimated the oyster population.
Not an oyster lover myself and now less so.

Happy Monday