The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail is a series of water routes that trace the paths and places that Englishman John Smith and a small crew of adventurers explored over 400 years ago. The team set out between 1607 and 1609 and mapped and documented nearly 3,000 miles of the Bay and its rivers, visiting thriving Native American communities and gathering relevant information about new lands along the way. Extending around 3,000 miles along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail was designated as a national historic trail in 2006 – the first national water trail of its kind and one of only two National Historic Trails.

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