It's November... one of those months with an "r" in it... and that means it's oyster season on the Chesapeake Bay, a tradition that goes back centuries. The folks at Belle Isle State Park, on Virginia’s Northern Neck, are working to preserve some of that tradition with the stories of people who lived there and worked in the oyster business in the 1940s and 1950s. Correspondent Pamela D’Angelo has compiled some of their stories. 

This oral history project was made possible by a grant from River Counties Community Foundation.