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Poplar Island is a 3-mile-long (4.8-kilometer-long) island located on the Chesapeake Bay, part of Talbot County, Maryland. In the late 1800s it had a population of 100 living in the town of Valliant but it was abandoned by the 1920s due to erosion of the island.
These Islands are relatively permanent, although some are disappearing on the scale of a few centuries, like Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay. There are also a number of unnamed islands in Maryland, many of which are very temporary in nature, lasting only a few years or decades, both in the tidal environment and also in Maryland's larger ...
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Battle Creek Cypress Swamp: April 1965: Prince Frederick: Calvert: private (The Nature Conservancy) One of the northernmost sites of naturally occurring bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in North America, and the only large stand of the trees on the western shore of Maryland.
Maryland Dove will arrive in Cambridge at approximately 5 p.m. on Sept. 6 (weather dependent) and be open to the public September 7, 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Docking will be at ...
Universities and colleges in Prince George's County, Maryland (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Prince George's County, Maryland" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Poplar Island may refer to: Canada. Poplar Island (British Columbia) Poplar Island (Prince Edward Island) United Kingdom. Poplar Island, River Thames; Poplar Eyot; United States. Poplar Island (Chesapeake Bay) Poplar Island (West Virginia)
In addition to a wealth of wetlands and forests, Blackwater Refuge is also host to over 250 bird species, 35 species of reptiles and amphibians, 165 species of threatened and endangered plants, and numerous mammals that can be spotted throughout the year in Blackwater's marshes, forests, meadows, and fields. During winter migration, Blackwater ...
The islands are accessible only by boat. Within the WMA is established the Islands of the Potomac Wildland (see Maryland Wildland), consisting of about 82% (676 acres [2.74 km 2]) of the total area. Of the 30 islands, three in Montgomery County are open to public hunting: Oxley Island, Mason Island and Maddox Island. [2]