The Rhode River is a 3-mile-long (5 km)[1] tidal tributary of the West River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the South River.

These are its named tidal creeks and coves starting at the upper end and going clockwise, with a lower-order tributary listed after the "&" symbol:[2][3]

YMCA Camp Letts sits on a peninsula at the northern end of the Rhode River, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center occupies most of the northwestern shore of the Rhode River.

Carrs Wharf

Carrs Wharf is a community park on the Rhode River.[4]

Early settlement

Rhode River Hundred is listed in records of some of the earliest settlements in the Province of Maryland. In 1651, Robert Harwood surveyed Harwood Plantation on the Rhode River. A deed was written by Thomas Harwood of Streatley, Berks County (Berkshire), England to his son Richard Harwood for Hookers Purchase at the head of Muddy Creek.[5]

The steamboat Emma Giles served the Rhode River between 1891 and 1932, making five trips per week.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. ^ Topo map of the river
  3. ^ West Rhode Riverkeeper 2007 water quality report, see map on last page
  4. ^ "Carrs Wharf". Anne Arundel County. Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ^ Warfield, Joshua Dorsey (July 1905). The Founders of Anne Arundel And Howard Counties, Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland: Kohn & Pollock. pp. 12, 96. ISBN 0-8063-7971-5. Rhode River.
  6. ^ Widdifield, Ann (2013). Passing Through Shady Side. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHous. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4772-8441-4.

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