Roaring Point Park overlooks the lower Nanticoke River as it widens toward Tangier Sound and the Chesapeake Bay. For centuries, the Nanticoke River was an important Native American homeland. After Jamestown was founded, it was one of the first rivers on the Chesapeake Bay explored by the English, and it has one of the longest histories of European settlement in America. The river has supported ship building, water transport, commercial fishing, and recreation, and it remains one of the most untouched and beautiful rivers in the country.