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Swaryland 



From seashore to mountains, Jrom rolling 

 Jarmland to historic cities, Maryland invites you 

 to explore its great outdoors and beautifully 

 preserved cultural heritage. 



Photo: Nico Sarbanes 



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Satisfy your inner explorer 

 by discovering the history that frames 

 the Heart of Chesapeake Country 



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Maryland 



Dorchester County 



The Heart of Chesapeake Country 



CURVING OUT INTO THE 

 Chesapeake from the Delmarva 

 Peninsula, heart-shaped Dorchester 

 County is known, appropriately, as the 

 Heart of Chesapeake Country. With its 

 pristine rivers, marshlands, working farms, 

 fishing boats, and waterfront towns, this 

 unique part of Maryland has retained 

 much of the traditional way of life along 

 the Chesapeake and has preserved much 

 of the unspoiled Eastern Shore landscape 

 associated with the history of this region. 



The Blackwater National Wildlife 

 Refuge, located south of historic downtown 

 Cambridge, encompasses more then 250,000 

 acres of woodland, rich tidal marsh, 

 freshwater ponds and managed cropland. 

 Blackwater, home to a large year-round 

 population of bald eagles, is also one of 

 the chief wintering areas for migrating 

 waterfowl making their way along the 

 Atlantic Flyway. Osprey have been spotted 

 here, and hummingbirds have been known 

 to hover at the Butterfly Center near refuge 

 headquarters. Adjacent to Blackwater 



