and schooners, the deepest draft being 10 feet (3 m.). Windy Hill is a steamboat landing on the west side of the river, 1 mile above Choptank.

A railroad bridge, having a center-pier draw with one clear opening 60 feet wide, crosses the river 7 miles above Choptank. A highway bridge having a center-pier draw, each opening 60 feet wide, with a headroom of 3 feet at high water when closed, crosses the river 34 mile above; the eastern opening is the one generally used. Dover Bridge has a landing on the west side, just below the highway bridge. Tuckahoe Creek, on the west side of Choptank River, 41 miles above the mouth, has a depth of 8 feet (2.4 m.) to Waymans Wharf, 811⁄2 miles above the entrance. The channel from Waymans Wharf to Rolph Landing, 1 mile above, has been improved by dredging to a depth of 8 feet (2.4 m.) and width of 50 feet, with a present depth of 6 feet (1.8 m.), and there is a depth of about 1 foot (0.3 m.) at low water and 3 feet (0.9 m.) at high water to Hillsboro, a town on the railroad 13⁄4 miles above Rolph Landing. There is very little business on the river. The channel is not marked and is crooked and difficult in places without local knowledge. The flats are covered with marsh grass in summer. A highway bridge having a singledraw opening 39.6 feet wide crosses the creek 1 mile above the

entrance.

The water is fresh above Choptank and can be used in boilers. Two Johns and Williston are small settlements on the east side of Choptank River, 134 and 24 miles, respectively, above Tuckahoe Creek.

Denton is a town on the east side of Choptank River, 48 miles above the mouth. There is a depth of 512 feet (1.6 m.) to the town, and the deepest draft going to it is 8 feet (2.4 m.). West Denton is on the west side of the river opposite Denton, and all of the wharves are on that side. Two drawbridges cross the river at Denton; the lower, a highway bridge, has a single lift opening 43 feet wide and 4 feet headroom at high water, and the upper, a railroad bridge, has a center-pier draw, both openings about 62 feet wide, with a headroom of 5 feet at high water.

There is considerable business in oil tankers to Denton, from which point it is distributed to the surrounding country.

Greensboro is a town at the head of navigation 7 miles above Denton. It has very little trade at present by water.

Pilots.-There are no regular pilots for Choptank River, but a pilot for the lower end of the river or the tributaries can be obtained from Tilghman Island, and for the upper end from Cambridge. Pilots for the tributaries can also usually be obtained near their

entrances.

Supplies.-Coal and water can be obtained on the wharves at Cambridge, and coal in limited quantities at Oxford and Denton. Gasoline and provisions are obtainable at Tilghman Island, Oxford, Cambridge, Secretary Landing, Choptank, Denton, and Greensboro, and there are stores at several other places where some supplies are obtainable.

Tides. The mean range of tides is 1.3 feet at the entrance, 1.9 feet at Cambridge, and 2.5 feet at Denton.

Directions, Choptank River

[Abbreviations for lights: F., fixed; Fl., flashing; R., red. Color white unless otherwise indicated]

Eastern Bay, on the eastern side of Chesapeake Bay, 34 miles below Baltimore, is the approach to Miles River and several less important tributaries and to the towns of Claiborne and St. Michaels. It is frequented by a large number of oyster and fishing boats and schooners carrying grain and produce. Regular steamers go to Claiborne, just inside the entrance. The deepest draft of boats entering the bay is 13 feet (3.9 m.) and this draft is taken above St. Michaels.

The bay is obstructed by extensive shoals, but a broad channel with a least depth of 30 feet (9.1 m.) leads through it to the mouths of most of the tributaries. The channel is well marked by buoys and lights through Eastern Bay and Miles River to a drawbridge 511⁄2 miles above St. Michaels, and strangers should have little trouble in following the channel with the aid of the chart to near the bridge. The other tributaries are not well marked and are seldom entered by strangers except in small craft. The shores are low and present few prominent marks. Pilots for Eastern Bay and tributaries can

be obtained from Claiborne, or from local boats which can always be found working in the bay.

The main entrance to Eastern Bay, between the south end of Kent Island and Poplar Island, has a broad and unobstructed channel with ample depth. Bloody Point Bar Lighthouse (fixed white), brown cylindrical tower, is the principal guide to the entrance Vessels of 6 feet (1.8 m.) draft can also enter through Poplar Island Narrows and boats of 7 feet (2.1 m.) draft through Kent Island Narrows.

Poplar Island, on the south side of the main entrance to Eastern Bay, is low and sparsely wooded and has no prominent marks. Poplar Island Harbor, on the eastern side, has a depth of 5 feet (1.5 m.) in the entrance, and there is secure anchorage inside in a depth of 3 to 7 feet (0.9 to 2.1 m.).

Poplar Island Narrows, between Poplar Island and the mainland, has a depth of 9 feet (2.7 m.), but there are unmarked shoals with little depth close to the channel, and 6 feet (1.8 m.) is the deepest draft using it.

To enter it, give the western side of Tilghman Island a berth of 5% mile to Poplar Island Narrows Light (fixed white), pass 400 yards eastward of it and steer 7° true (N. by E. 14 E. mag.) to a position 1 mile westward of Haddaway Cove Light (fixed white), then steer 25° true (NNE. % E. mag.), giving the eastern shore a berth of at least 1/2 mile to bell buoy No. 2A off Claiborne.

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Haddaway Cove, 2 miles eastward of Poplar Island, has a depth of 6 feet (1.8 m.) in mid-channel to Lows Wharf at the head. It is used extensively as an anchorage by local craft.

To enter, pass 100 yards southward of the fixed light on the north side at the entrance and steer for the end of the wharf on a 96° true

(ESE. % E. mag.) course. Sherwood is a post village 11⁄2 mile from

the wharf.

Claiborne is a village and summer resort on the southeast side of Eastern Bay, 5 miles eastward of Bloody Point Bar Lighthouse. It is the terminus of a railroad to Ocean City, Md., and intermediate points; steamers from Baltimore and Annapolis make connections. with the trains. There is a railroad pier extending 800 feet westsouthwestward from the shore and a jetty extending 750 feet westsouthwestward from the end of the pier. A channel has been dredged 12 feet (3.6 m.) deep and 300 feet wide, east-northeastward along the south side of the jetty to the end of the pier, and 10 feet (3 m.) deep and 195 feet wide along the south side of the pier to the ferry wharf 250 feet south of the railroad pier. The railroad wharf is little used. A black water tank, a white church and spire, and the hotel and railroad buildings are prominent objects at Claiborne. Gasoline, water, and provisions are obtainable.

In entering, pass northward and eastward of bell buoy No. 2 A and steer 127 true (SSE. mag.), with the buoy astern, to southwestward of the flashing white light on the end of the jetty, then head for the end of the pier.

Cox Creek, on the north side of Eastern Bay and the southeast side of Kent Island, has a depth of 10 feet (3 m.) for 5 miles above Long Point on the western side at the entrance and 6 feet (1.8 m.) for some distance into the three tributaries at the head.

It is

frequented by oyster boats and schooners carrying produce and grain, the deepest draft being 8 feet (2.4 m.). There are several farm landings but no villages. The shoals are unmarked and local knowledge is required to avoid them.

Crab Alley Bay, on the north side of Eastern Bay, 21⁄2 miles northward of Tilghmans Point, has a depth of 21 feet (6.4 m.) into the entrance and 6 feet (1.8 m.) to near the head of navigation in both branches. The shoals are unmarked and local knowledge is required to avoid them. Bodkin Island, on the western side, is thickly wooded and has no buildings visible. Parsons Island, on the eastern side, is sparsely wooded, giving it a ragged appearance, and has an unpainted barn showing clear of the woods and a white house visible at times.

Kent Island Narrows, a narrow slough connecting the northern end of Eastern Bay with Chester River between Kent Island and the mainland, was dredged and buoyed in 1929. It has a depth of 7 feet (2.1 m.) at low water and is extensively used by local craft. It is crossed by two drawbridges-a railroad bridge having a single clear opening 38 feet wide and a highway bridge having a single clear opening 44 feet wide. There is a railroad station at the bridges (Narrows Station) from which considerable sea food is shipped. Gasoline is obtainable here. The signal for both bridges is three blasts of a whistle or horn, to be answered by three blasts from the bridges if they can be opened immediately, or one blast if they can not be opened immediately. The draws will be opened at all times between one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset unless a train is approaching or passing.

To enter Kent Island Narrows from Eastern Bay, pass 0.3 mile castward of Parsons Island and steer 354° true (N. 1% E. mag.), passing 0.2 mile westward of Hoods Point and the land north of it to the buoy at the south end of the dredged channel. Then steer about a north-northwest course keeping to the eastward of the buoys, pass through the bridge spans and follow a mid-channel course to the north end of the Narrows, then steer about east-northeast to the first buoy and follow along the south side of the buoys to north of Long Point and into the main channel of Chester River.

Tilghmans Creek, on the eastern side of Tilghmans Point, has a depth of 7 feet (2.7 m.) in the entrance and 11 to 13 feet (3.3 to 3.9 m.) inside and is extensively used as a harbor for small local vessels. The entrance is very narrow and is marked by buoys.

Greenwood Creek, on the eastern side of Eastern Bay, 234 miles east-northeast ward of Tilghmans Point, has a depth of 6 feet (1.8 m.) for 2 miles above the mouth. The best water leads along the eastern shore in approaching the entrance.

Miles River, the most important tributary of Eastern Bay, has a depth of 18 feet (5.5 m.) to abreast the town of St. Michaels 6 miles above Tilghmans Point, 9 feet (2.7 m.) to a drawbridge 51⁄2 miles above St. Michaels, and 6 feet (1.8 m.) for a farther distance of 2 miles. The river has considerable trade carried in small boats and schooners, the deepest draft being 13 feet (3.9 m.). The channel is well marked by lights and buoys as far as the bridge, and strangers should have little trouble in following the channel to the bridge, above which some local knowledge is necessary.

St. Michaels, a town with railroad communication on the southwest side of Miles River, 14 miles above the entrance to Eastern Bay, is the center of a large oystering and fishing industry. Gasoline and provisions are obtainable. The long wharf on the north side of the entrance to the harbor has a depth of 6 feet (1.8 m.) at the end and is marked by red and gray oysterhouses and a brick stack. The short wharf on the north side of the inner harbor, known as the steamboat wharf, has a depth of 7 feet (2.1 m.) and is marked by white wharf houses. There is a depth of 10 feet (3 m.) in mid-harhor to near the head.

To enter, pass eastward and southward of the red buoy 34 mile northeastward of the wharves, and bring the southern end of Fairview Point (thickly wooded) astern on a 240° true (SW. by W. % W. mag.) course, heading for the red houses on the wharf and passing between the flashing red light and the black buoy off the wharf. If entering the inner harbor pass 60 yards southeastward of the ends of the wharves. The Miles River Yacht Club is located in the harbor. Many yachts anchor in the inner harbor and it is frequently crowded.

Leeds Creek, on the northeast side of Miles River, 1 mile eastward of St. Michaels, has a depth of 8 feet (2.4 m.) in mid-channel to the small village of Tunis Mills, 211⁄2 miles above the entrance. Schooners of 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 m.) draft go to Tunis Mills. The channel at the entrance is marked by buoys, and above the entrance the mid-channel is clear.

A large red Moorish-type dwelling is located about 3/4 mile north of the mouth of Leeds Creek and is prominent for vessels coming up Miles River.

Hunting Creek, on the north side of Miles River, 3 miles above St. Michaels, has a depth of 8 feet (2.4 m.) for 11⁄2 miles above the entrance but is little used. There are no marks, but the mid-channel is clear.

The highway drawbridge crossing Miles River, 5/2 miles above St. Michaels has a lift opening 40 feet wide, with a headroom of 5 feet at high water underneath the span when closed.

Wye River is on the north side of Miles River, 21⁄2 miles southeastward of Tilghmans Point. The river has several branches, which are frequented by small local boats and grain and produce schooners up to 9 feet (2.7 m.) draft. There are several farm landings on the creek. The main entrance is eastward of Herring Island (a small spot of marsh and sand nearly submerged at high water) and has ample depth and width. There is also a depth of 9 feet (2.7 m.) across the shoal 3⁄4 mile northward of Herring Island. The entrance is marked by buoys. There are no marks above, but strangers should have no trouble by keeping in mid-channel and giving the points a good berth.

The river forks 2 miles above Herring Island. The north branch (Wye River) has a depth of 13 feet (3.9 m.) for 3 miles above the fork to the western end of Wye Narrows and 8 feet (2.4 m.) for a further distance of 3 miles. The eastern branch (Wye East River) has a depth of 12 feet (3.6 m.) for 5 miles above the fork to the eastern end of Wye Narrows. Wye Narrows, connecting Wye East River with Wye River, has a least depth of 7 feet (2.1 m.). It