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The Deltaville Maritime Museum & Holly Point Nature Park is a local treasure, collecting and exhibiting the rich nautical history of the area known as the "Boatbuilding Capital of the Chesapeake." Not far from the spot where Jamestown Colony explorer John Smith nearly died in a stingray attack, the museum and grounds encompass 34 acres near Jackson Creek just off the Chesapeake Bay. With ample nature paths, a Children's Garden, an indoor/outdoor pavilion and two outdoor gazebos, the museum rests along the Mill Creek shoreline. It's here where you can hop on the historic 1920s-era buyboat, the 63-foot "F.D. Crockett" with its log bottom. Located on the "John Smith Trail," Holly Point Nature Park is a Chesapeake Bay "Gateway."