Fall 2008 - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Fall 2008 - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Fall 2008 - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
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(Above and right) Some <strong>Bay</strong> places haven’t changed<br />
as much as others around the watershed. The Oxford<br />
Boatyard on Town Creek in Oxford, Md. is still<br />
the site of much boat work, although it no longer<br />
launches new wooden sailboats. Recreational boating<br />
on the <strong>Bay</strong> has largely replaced boat building<br />
and other <strong>Bay</strong> industries. The A.B. Harris and Nollmeyer<br />
seafood companies no longer draw workers<br />
to this cove.<br />
(Below and right) Occasionally, the human impact<br />
on the <strong>Bay</strong> goes against the tide—sometimes literally—as<br />
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rebuilds<br />
Poplar Island with dredge material from Baltimore<br />
Harbor and approach channels. Settled in the 1630s<br />
and at one time totaling over 1,000 acres, the island<br />
had eroded to a few green specks and some sand<br />
bars—just 10 acres—by the 1960s. The reconstructed<br />
Poplar Island will provide a diverse wetland habitat<br />
for <strong>Chesapeake</strong> flora and fauna.<br />
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