On the eve of the Urbanna Oyster Festival a touch of Middlesex County maritime history is back in the water!
The oyster festival speaks to the significance of Urbanna’s generational natural resource that grows out on the rich public oyster rocks of Ball’s Point and Hog House bars — God’s oyster!
On Wednesday, Oct. 28, with the 69th Urbanna Oyster Festival looming, a tradition carried on by generations of oystermen took place at Best Boatyard at Christchurch as boatyard owner Henry Smith launched the 35-foot by 11-foot by 2.5-foot deadrise “Boss Lady” back into the water.
