- Rhode River
The Rhode River is a 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 creek or cove that is off another creek listed after &. [Google maps using Terrain view, http://maps.google.com/maps?official&hl=en&tab=wl&q=Rhode%20River] Muddy Creek Fox Creek Sheephead Cove Sellman Creek Bear Neck Creek & Whitemarsh Creek Cadle Creek Boathouse CoveYMCA Camp Letts sits on a peninsula at the northern end of the Rhode River and theSmithsonian Environmental Research Center occupies most of the northwestern shore of the Rhode River.Early Settlement
"Rhode River Hundred" is listed in records of some of the earliest settlements in the
Province of Maryland . In 1651,Robert Harwood surveyedHarwood Plantation on the Rhode River. A deed was written by Thomas Harwood of StreatleyBerks County England to his son Richard Harwood for "Hookers Purchase" at the head of Muddy Creek. cite book
last =Warfield
first =Joshua Dorsey
title =The Founders of Anne Arundel And Howard Counties, Maryland
publisher =Kohn & Pollock
date =July 1905
location =Baltimore, Maryland
pages =pages 12,96
url =http://books.google.com/books?id=vgINAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&dq=%22Rhode+River%22&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA96,M1
isbn = 0806379715]References
ee also
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List of Maryland rivers
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