5.5K views · 122 reactions | Over 40+ years, tens of thousands of students and educators have visited Fox Island and built a life-long connection to the Chesapeake Bay. But this magical place has has lost over 70 percent of its land area due to sea level rise and sadly, our education center there must close. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2pbRKTS | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Facebook

Step onto campus and you might hear one of the most unique sounds at CBMM, the Point Lookout Bell Tower. Built around 1888 and brought to St. Michaels in 1968, this historic fog bell once warned mariners navigating the treacherous waters where the Potomac meets the Bay. Today, we do not get much fog in St. Michaels, so we ring the bell every half hour using traditional ship’s bell time. It is a living reminder of how generations of sailors kept time at sea. Chief Historian Pete Lesher shares the