Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Lewisetta, VA

Gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, berths, pump-out station, launching ramp, wet and dry storage, and marine supplies are available at the small-craft facilities on the east side of Kingscote Creek at Lewisetta. In 2010, 8 feet was reported alongside. Hull, engine, and electronic repairs can be made; lift to 25 tons.
Navigation:
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The Coan River (38°00.0’N., 76°27.0’W.), Mile 7.8S, Potomac River, has depths of 13 to 7 feet for 4.5 miles to within 0.5 mile of the head. The river is used mostly by local oyster and fish boats. A 500-yard lane in the approach is kept clear of fishtraps; the initial course through the lane is 230°. The entrance to Coan River is marked by buoys and lights, and is easy to navigate; the channel inside is marked at the critical points by daybeacons and bush stakes. A warning daybeacon at about 37°59’07″N., 76°27’58″W., marked a shoal area reported in 1984 that reduced the channel width to about 30 feet. In 1979, shoaling to an unknown extent was reported in the channel about 200 yards eastward of Daybeacon 10 and about 200 yards eastward of the small point about midway between Daybeacons 14 and 16.
Kingscote Creek, on the north side of Coan River 0.6 mile above the mouth, has depths of 8 feet for most of its 1-mile length.