Water The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries weave the tapestry that is Chesapeake Country.
Land Agriculture and pristine natural resource areas accentuate our rural character.
History Historic buildings, churches, and landscapes . . . — — Map (db m80828) HM
Few places portray the intimate connections between land and water better than Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Each place has different stories to tell—present in the wetlands, wharves, fields, homes, shops and churches.
Stevensville Lovers of . . . — — Map (db m80838) HM
On Swan Cove Lane 0.2 miles north of Ferry Point Park Boardwalk, on the left when traveling north.
During the summer of 1608, Captain John Smith set out from the Jamestown Colony in Virginia on two voyages up the Chesapeake Bay. He and his crew were under instructions from the Virginia Company to seek valuable minerals, identify fish and . . . — — Map (db m313632) HM
Located along Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the byway links Chesapeake Bay’s communities, people, and life stores into a rich experience for visitors and locals alike. With its working farms and waterfronts, historic town centers, and pristine natural . . . — — Map (db m80827) HM
On Castle Marina Road, on the right when traveling south.
The road in front of you that the railroad crossed is one of the oldest on Kent Island. If you look to the right, you can see it used to be part of Cox Neck Road before the construction of Route 50-301 in 1952.
The Kent Narrows was once the only crossing point from Kent Island to the Eastern Shore mainland. The earliest crossings were made by Native Americans in log canoes. Colonies crossed the marshy straits by ferry. Causeways and bridges were built to . . . — — Map (db m114902) HM
You're standing on land that the government took from the Tolson family in 1901 to build the railroad. This is called eminent domain, where the government can take private property for public use. The railroad followed what is now Piney Creek Road, . . . — — Map (db m275242) HM
Kent Island served as an ideal base of operations for the British in August 1813, as it was already an important link between Maryland’s eastern and western shores. The British took over the Kent Island-Annapolis ferry, including a cargo of . . . — — Map (db m80825) HM
The land where you are standing was once a marsh. The straits of the Kent Narrows
were once shallow enough that the Maryland colonists called the area "The Wading Place." After the last ice age, global warming caused sea level to rise . . . — — Map (db m221783) HM
On Piney Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
Here the path of the Queen Anne's Railroad parts ways with the Cross Islandrail, passing over Route 50-301 and continuing east to the Kent Narrows. However, a different railroad once existed here.
At the end of the tree-lined . . . — — Map (db m316041) HM
On Dominion Road (Maryland Route 552) 0.5 miles south of Goodhand Creek Road, on the left when traveling south.
The Kirwan House, built in 1879, was the home of former Maryland State Senator James E. Kirwan (1900-1908). The attached store, built in 1889, and his various business endeavors became the hub of the Chester/Dominion communities, and also served . . . — — Map (db m138384) HM
Near Piney Narrows Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Although isolated from Maryland's largest population centers, the Eastern Shore was important to the state's role in the Civil War and exemplified the citizens' divided loyalties. In the years before the war, enslaved African-Americans here began . . . — — Map (db m8329) HM
You're standing in the middle of what once was the
railroad. On August 6, 1905, a mysterious runaway train engine raced this way from Love Point behind you. Chester Station, which stood 80 feet ahead, represented the last hope of avoiding a . . . — — Map (db m275248) HM
On Piney Narrows Road 0.1 miles east of Swan Cove Lane, on the left when traveling east.
Welcome to Kent County! The Civil War intruded into quiet Eastern Shore communities, and residents of this beautiful, water-laced region faced difficult choices.
In the years before the war, enslaved African Americans from the Eastern Shore . . . — — Map (db m204955) HM
