‘Steamboats on the Chesapeake’ now online

The Kilmarnock steamboat wharf above was on Indian Creek, at the present site of Chesapeake Boat Basin. The smokestacks in the background were part of a menhaden plant at that site. Photo courtesy of the Kilmarnock Museum

Those who missed the local production of “Steamboats on the Chesapeake” now have another chance. The one-hour documentary can be streamed at no charge on the Northern Neck History Channel, on YouTube.

To find the film, go to YouTube and in the search box, write “Northern Neck History Channel.” The film, produced as a way to benefit the Kilmarnock Museum, Steamboat Era Museum and the Shore History Museum on the Eastern Shore, had a total of nine showings in….

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