‘Steamboats on the Chesapeake’ to open Wednesday for two-day run

Unidentified steamboat at Coan Wharf in Northumberland County, circa 1930s. Photo courtesy of Northern Neck Historical Society

Over a year in the making, “Steamboats on the Chesapeake” will premier December 10 and 11 at Compass Cinema Six, Compass Entertainment Complex, 100 Entertainment Drive, Irvington. Ken Sparks, the composer of the film’s theme song, will perform it before the movie begins.

The film carries the audience from the humble beginning of one boat to multiple ships with dozens of different companies that traversed the entire Chesapeake Bay including….

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