adventure guide to the chesapeake bay

[...]... along with the bounty of the watermen’s daily catch in the bay were processed in Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood The canneries were designed to shift from land to sea products with the changing seasons Geography played another role in the development of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay Not only was it in the middle of the East Coast, but the bay was large and well protected, cutting deep into the land,... Continental Divide lies west of Cumberland, formed by the long ridge of Meadow Mountain in the north and the aptly named Backbone Mountain in the south Waters falling on their eastern slopes flow into the Potomac and thence to the Chesapeake Bay On the west they flow via the Youghiogheny River and eventually the Mississippi, into the Gulf of Mexico I-68 crosses the divide east of Grantsville A large section... for the selection of a spot on the Potomac’s banks for the nation’s Capital During the Civil War, it was literally in the middle of the fray, in the unique position of being a slave state but siding with the Union Troops moved through and battles were fought in the corridor west of the bay, as the Confederate Army tried repeatedly to take Washington by surrounding it Top-grade anthracite from the coal... more golden in the late afternoon sun, the nearly endless stretches of white sand that border the Atlantic, the fossil-studded cliffs of Southern Maryland, the leafy banks of the upper Potomac overhung with maples We like the birds that gather near water, the darting kingfishers, the soaring bald eagles, the white clouds of snow geese, and the other birds that migrate or winter along the Atlantic flyway... Oxford and the area around it To both of them, we are most grateful Barbara is also grateful to Randy Kraft and Mike Deckelbaum for their expert paddling and good company on the Potomac, to Heidi Kolk for her unfailing good humor along the towpath, to Kirsten Hansen for skillful knee repair (not to mention her box lunches) and to Kate Mulligan for her thorough knowledge of the towpath and its towns Several... past BJ’s store and along the river Instead of crossing the river when the road turns right at a fork, go left onto Westernport Rd., which melds into Twin Churches Rd to the left This leads to New Germany Rd., which you take to the right and back to I-68 at Exit 24 Joe Stevens, the local ranger, told us that many people who use the park today are later generations of members of the Civilian Conservation... THE AUTHORS The Rogerses have lived throughout this area, primarily in Washington, Suitland, Arlington and Annapolis, and traveled into every corner reached by the Chesapeake and its tributaries They have climbed to the highest point in Maryland (which is almost in West Virginia), hiked Appalachian and Catoctin trails, kayaked the tidal creeks of the Eastern Shore and southern Maryland, sailed in the. .. commerce today As you walk through the streets of Annapolis, the architecture all around you looks much as it did in the days when Maryland’s four signers of the Declaration of Independence walked there When Maryland was no longer a colony, but a state, a piece of land on the Potomac, with good access to the Chesapeake, was chosen for the new nation’s capital The Chesapeake area continued to be an... in barges along the C&O Canal to be loaded onto trains in Williamsport, then to ships in Baltimore Harbor, which carried it to fuel the first mills of the Industrial Revolution along New England rivers Soon Baltimore itself was an industrial center as well as the transportation hub that had given it earlier prominence The agricultural produce of the fertile farmlands to the west and on the Eastern Shore,... Potomac and Chesapeake, walked and biked the C&O towpath, canoed the Potomac from its upper reaches, ridden the wooded trails on horseback, sunned on beaches from Assateague to Rehobeth, flown kites along the Anacostia embankment and taken their morning run along the trails of Rock Creek Park Their adventures are reflected in this book Overview erhaps we should begin simply by telling why we like the . 227 Bolton Hill and North 229 North of Washington DC 231 Geography & History 231 Getting Here & Getting Around 233 Information Sources 234 vi n Adventure Guide to the Chesapeake Bay Adventures. of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay. Not only was it in the middle of the East Coast, but the bay was large and well protected, cutting deep into the land, making Balti- more the coast’s westernmost. 375 Historic Sites & Museums 375 Where to Stay 381 Bay Bridge Area 381 Chestertown 382 Georgetown 383 Chesapeake City 383 Elkton & North East 384 Camping 384 Where to Eat 385 Bay Bridge