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🦀 Maryland: A State Wrapped Around a Bay

Read Maryland through the Chesapeake’s drowned valley, six land belts, and the waterways that shaped its settlements and history.

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~20 min

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🗺️ Geography

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Adults

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What you’ll learn

A bay writes the map
Six belts of land
Water carries history

Questions this course answers

How did the Chesapeake Bay get its branching shape?

Official Chesapeake Bay sources describe the Bay as a glacially flooded river valley.

Which point is Maryland’s highest?

The Maryland Geological Survey lists Hoye Crest at 3,360 feet above sea level.

What happened at the C&O Canal’s Cumberland terminus?

The National Park Service gives the canal’s length, 1850 opening and Cumberland endpoint.

Why is Antietam historically significant?

The National Park Service reports more than 23,000 killed, wounded or missing there in twelve hours.

Grounded in trusted sources

Maryland Geological Survey, Physiographic Map of Maryland: https://www.mgs.md.gov/geology/physiographic_map.html
Maryland Geological Survey, Highest and Lowest Elevations in Maryland’s Counties: https://www.mgs.md.gov/geology/highest_and_lowest_elevations.html
Chesapeake Bay Program, Bay Facts: https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/bay-facts?categories=bay-geography
NOAA Ocean Service, Where is the largest estuary in the United States?: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/chesapeake.html
U.S. Geological Survey, Distribution of Holocene Sediment in Chesapeake Bay, Open-File Report 2004-1235: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1235/
Maryland State Archives, Maryland Historical Chronology: https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/chron/html/chron.html
National Park Service, The Canal Arrives in Cumberland: https://home.nps.gov/choh/learn/historyculture/thecanalarrivesincumberland.htm
National Park Service, A Short Overview of the Battle of Antietam: https://www.nps.gov/articles/a-short-overview-of-the-battle-of-antietam.htm

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