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Bloodsworth Island is an island in the Chesapeake Bay.It lies in southern Dorchester County, Maryland. [1] Historic research suggests that sites discovered in an archaeological investigation of the northern third of the island were associated with families who worked in the nineteenth-century Chesapeake Bay oystering industry, with settlements dating as far back as 1672. [2]
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Watts Island is an island in the Chesapeake Bay administered by Accomack County, Virginia. The island supported small populations from the mid-1600s until the 1920s, and it has decreased in size over time. Recent reporting suggests the island is a habitat for a variety of wildlife.
As of 2019, Great Fox Island was 34 acres (0.14 km 2) in size, down from 400 acres (1.6 km 2) in 1773. This has been attributed to a combination of erosion and sea level rise due to climate change. [1] The island is located in the Chesapeake Bay in Accomack County, Virginia, slightly south of the state line with Maryland. [2]
Kent Island is the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay and a historic place in Maryland.To the east, a narrow channel known as the Kent Narrows barely separates the island from the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the other side, the island is separated from Sandy Point, an area near Annapolis, by roughly four miles (6.4 km) of water.
Gwynn's Island is an island in the Chesapeake Bay and the U.S. state of Virginia, lying off of the Middle Peninsula. A summer colony, the island is located in the northeast part of Mathews County, south of the mouth of the Piankatank River. It is connected to the rest of the county by a swing bridge over Milford Haven.
Gibson Island's gated causeway. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is visible in the background. Gibson Island is an island and unincorporated community on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is part of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States and is the eastern terminus of Maryland Route 177. It is connected by a causeway to Pasadena, Maryland.
The US Navy used Fisherman Island from 1949 to 1969. [2] Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge is located near the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, and is cut in half by the presence of U.S. Highway 13 and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The refuge is closed to the public.