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The coastal plain includes the Delmarva Peninsula and hence the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The geology of Delmarva is an inseparable part of the Eastern Shore, which has few rocky outcrops south of Kent County. The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal crosses from Back Creek on the Elk River to Port Penn, Delaware. While it was a shallow canal with ...
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A group of Virginia Quakers living in Accomack County, Virginia, on the southern tip of what later became known as the Delmarva Peninsula, petitioned Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore in 1661 to migrate to the Eastern Shore of Maryland to the territory under his governance. The governor considered this an opportunity to fortify the borders ...
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Choptank is an unincorporated town and census-designated place on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. [3] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 129. [4] The town was founded in the 17th century. It is located on the tidal Choptank River, which flows into Chesapeake Bay.
The Wye River is a 16.3-mile-long (26.2 km) [1] tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.It was named by the Lloyd family, Edward Lloyd (delegate), and Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland), after the River Wye in the United Kingdom. [2]
Burgoyne researched folklore for three years at Salisbury University for her 2009 book Haunted Eastern Shore, [10] which she was inspired to write after moving into a house where she sensed hauntings. [11] The book is a compilation of stories about the Eastern Shore. [10] By 2015, Haunted Eastern Shore had sold 10,000 copies. [12]