Carpenter Island (Maryland)

Carpenter Island (historical) is located on the southern end of the Chester River on Chesapeake Bay in Queen Annes County, Maryland. It has been known as Carpenter Island or Carpenter's Island since the early 18th century.

This article is about the island in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. For the island in St. Mary's County, Maryland, see Carpenters Island, St. Mary's County, Maryland.

This small natural island once contained a fishing camp and a small house. The house was made from logs that had been washed ashore. Over time, the wakes of passing water craft and ships eroded the island into nothing more than a mud flat at low tide. It is still listed as an Island on USGS maps.[1] It is also still listed as an Island of Maryland.[2]

A Carpenters Island in St. Mary's County, Maryland, was included in a list of "lost islands" of the Chesapeake Bay published in 2005.[3]

References
  1. Map location - FeatureID: 596147 from National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency or Defense Mapping Agency) 1:25,000-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Langford Creek/1950. Accessed July 29, 2009 from: https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:596147
  2. Online Map Location from Ask.com, accessed July 29, 2009 from: http://maps.ask.com/maps?a=+carpenter+island+Maryland&a1=&a2=carpenter+island&a3=Maryland&a4=&qsrc=106&q=#%5B%5D
  3. William B. Cronin: The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 2005, p. 165.
  • Map: 39°01′13″N 76°10′16″W
  • "Feature Detail Report for: Carpenter Island (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 31, 2012.

Watershed Profile - Lower Chester River
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