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Chester River

River in Atlantic Coastal Plain in Kent Narrows, MD

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Length

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The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about 43 miles (69 km) long, and its watershed encompasses 368 sq mi (950 km2), which includes 295 sq mi (760 km2) of land. Thus the total watershed area is 20% water. It forms the border between Kent County and Queen Anne's County, Maryland, with its headwaters extending into New Castle County and Kent County, Delaware. Chestertown, the seat of Maryland's Kent County, is located on its north shore. It is located south of the Sassafras River and north of Eastern Bay, and is connected with Eastern Bay through Kent Narrows. The Chester River begins at Millington, Maryland, where Cypress Branch and Andover Branch join together. It ends at the Chesapeake Bay in a very wide mouth between Love Point on…

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Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides (species), “Black Bass”, “American Black Bass”

16 Observations

Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus (species)

White Perch Morone americana (species), “Sea Perch”

American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum (species), “Gizzard Shad”

Spot Leiostomus xanthurus (species), “Spot Croaker”

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Buckingham Wharf Fishing Access

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Shadding Reach Boat Ramp

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Rolphs Wharf Marina

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Chester River

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