JREN PHOTOGRAPHY North Point State Park – Edgemere . CHESAPEAKE BAY GATEWAYS & WATERTRAILS NETWORK findyourchesapeake.com MORE THAN 170 GATEWAYS AND watertrails provide easy access to the heritage and recreational bounty of America’s largest estuary. Visitors can explore waterfront parks, historic sailing ships, wildlife areas, maritime museums, historic ports and more. Gateways found on the Chesapeake Bay’s western shore include the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park , featuring a re-creation of the first African-American shipyard in North America, and Edgewater’s Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , with its self-guided walking trails and family-oriented activities near Annapolis. Among dozens of gateways on the Eastern Shore, Martinak State Park in Denton offers canoeing and camping, or visitors can watch traditional wooden boatbuilding take place in Cambridge. Equipped with map guides, boaters can also explore the history and natural beauty of the Sassafras River and Chester River watertrails. Access to the Susquehanna River and northern Bay area is available from Havre de Grace by way of the Susquehanna State Park , which also features a gristmill and historic mansion. Another gateway is Historic St. Mary’s City , Maryland’s first capital. A recent addition to the watertrails network is the Upper James River Blueway , which provides some of the finest canoeing and freshwater fishing in Virginia. + Star-Spangled Banner Travel Guide | 51
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