Like today, the navigation channels approaching the port needed to be 50 feet deep to accommodate the large ships that visit the port. Meanwhile, the Port of Baltimore was filling up with sediment from the Patapsco River. That loss was not only troubling for the biologists, who lamented shrinking habitat, but also for nearby communities such as Tilghman, which relied on Poplar to protect it from erosion and slow down wave action. By the 1990s, all that remained was four acres. Over time, winds and tides eroded the island, and the people left.
Truman would visit as part of a hunting club. Poplar Island is 5 miles from Tilghman Island in the Chesapeake Bay. In the early 1900s, it was home to a town of 100 residents. The boat is at its maximum capacity as we embark at 9 a.m. “Welcome to the Terrapin!” a voice booms from a speaker aboard the SeaArk Dauntless-model boat that travels between Tilghman Island on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Poplar Island. Twenty-four of my fellow voyagers carry cameras with ginormous lenses, binoculars twice the size of mine, and spotting scopes on tripods. I have a small red point-and-shoot camera and a pair of petite binoculars that I think looks pretty stylish - for the birding set. I’m on the edge of a bench with my life vest zipped and buckled. On the Bay: Chesapeake Quarterly's Blog.Fellowship Experiences: A Students' Blog.
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