ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
from Crisfield, Maryland. It is a waterman village of 50 residents. Attractions in the community include the Inn of Silent Music and The Drum Point Market, which sells beverages, homemade Smith Island cakes,
crab cakes
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British settlers arrived on the island in the 17th century, arriving from Cornwall, Wales, and Dorset via Virginia.
The community features a local dialect which is derived from the dialects of the West Country of England and the dialect of Cornwall. The dialect contains some relict features indicative of its origins. This dialect is similar to the Ocracoke
Brogue
Brogue may refer to:
Footwear
* Brogue boot, a type of dress boot
* Brogue shoe
Language
* Brogue (accent)
* Mission brogue, an accent spoken in the Mission District of San Francisco
* Ottawa Valley Brogue
Other
* ''Brogue'' (video game)
* Br ...
, sometimes referred to as the ''Outer Banks Brogue''.Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks by Walt Wolfram, Natalie Schilling-Estes, Page 156, UNC Press, 1997
The '' Island Belle'', a former passenger ferry to the island, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.