Historical Highway Markers

Stingray Point

N-77

Eight miles east, where the Rappahannock River joins Chesapeake Bay. Near there, in June, 1608, Captain John Smith, the explorer, was hurt by a stingray while fishing in the river. The point took its name from this incident.

Virginia Conservation Commission, 1947

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