Eastern Shore · MD
Hoopers Island
A chain of crabbing islands between the bay and the Honga River.
- Islands
- Upper, Middle and Lower
- Hooper family arrives
- 1669
- Erosion
- About 24 acres a year
Then
- 1600s
The Yaocomico live here. Land grants follow, and the Hooper family settles in Dorchester County in 1669.
- 1906
Hoopers Island Lighthouse, a caisson light, is built offshore.
- 1933
A hurricane destroys the bridge to Lower Hoopers Island, which is now uninhabited marsh.
Now
Honga and Fishing Creek on Upper Hoopers and Hoopersville on Middle Hoopers live by crabbing, oystering and seafood packing. The islands lose about 24 acres a year to erosion.
Taylors Island, Barren Island and Cove Point across the bay share this stretch of water.
8 tide stations around Hoopers Island
- Middle Hooper Island3.4 mi
- Barren Island6.0 mi
- Hooper Strait Light9.1 mi
- Smithville Road Bridge, Beaverdam Creek11.9 mi
- Cove Point12.7 mi
- McCready's Creek, Fishing Bay13.1 mi
- Taylors Island, Slaughter Creek14.8 mi
- Long Beach19.2 mi