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While on an exploratory trip to Garrett Island with a descendant of its namesake, CBM editor-at-large John Page Williams delves into the history and ecology of the waters where the Susquehanna River meets the Chesapeake Bay.
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Jody Argo Schroath squeezes through the jaws of the Smith Point jetties to visit a Bay institution, Cockrell's Marine Railway.
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Upper Bay Marinas
From Susquehanna River to Severn River on the Western Shore; North East River to Chester River on the Eastern Shore.

Middle Bay Marinas
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	Pets Aboard Devoted exclusively to photos of cruising critters of the Chesapeake (all reader submitted). view gallery»
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Chesapeake Tides
Bay tide tables, including Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C. and Hampton Roads, with tidal differences for 50 additional Chesapeake Bay locations.
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The Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War
Blockade runners, smugglers, gunboats and street-brawlers, this is the chronricle of the armies and ironclads that did battle on the Bay during the Civil War.

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While on an exploratory trip to Garrett Island with a descendant of its namesake, CBM editor-at-large John Page Williams delves into the history and ecology of the waters where the Susquehanna River meets the Chesapeake Bay.

Jody Argo Schroath squeezes through the jaws of the Smith Point jetties to visit a Bay institution, Cockrell's Marine Railway.

Click here to vote online in the 2012 Best of the Bay Survey.

It's time to get in your submissions for the 2012 Photo Contest! Click here for rules and last year's winners.

Shopping for your next boat? Let one of the Bay's many quality brokers guide you through the process.