In 1952, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened for travelers in Maryland and created unprecedented access from the mainland to the Eastern Shore and the beaches of t

This detailed guide to the Western Shore of Chesapeake Bay region. It contains important tips about traveling to the Western Shore, information on lodging, rest

An appendix documents the many small islands that have dropped entirely from view since the seventeenth century.

The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyste