Wenona

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#006666" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>                                                        WENONA</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Skipjack at Anchor"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="U.S.S. CONSTITUTION CHALLENGES H.M.S. JA"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oil Paintings Printed on Canvas 15 x 30 "><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oil Paintings Printed on Canvas 15 x 30 "><U><B>Return to Water Color & Oil page</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The communities of Chance, Deal Island, and Wenona, Maryland are typical of the local fishing villages that have dominated Maryland’s Eastern Shore for over 200 years.  Oystering in the winter and crabbing in the summer have provided the mainstay for the fisheries in this part of the Chesapeake Bay.  You pass through Deal island as you go through Chance on the way to Wenona.  First time visitors sometimes do not even know they have passed through Chance and Deal island until they get to Wenona, and realize that they have come to the end of the road.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wenona is home to the full range of bay water craft that fish the Chesapeake Bay throughout the year.  During the winter months, under Maryland law, skipjacks, under sail alone, are the only vessels permitted to dredge for oysters on Wednesday through Friday of each week; power dredging is only permitted on Monday and Tuesday.  The typical deadrise work boat is also common on the Chesapeake Bay and is used year round for fishing the wide variety of seafood the Bay is famous for.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The skipjacks in this scene are the Somerset on the left and the Annie Lee on the right.  The smaller deadrise in front of the Annie Lee is the Shy Ann.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>