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	Baltimore Projects - Smith Island Environmental Restoration and Protection Project
		Smith Island, Maryland’s last inhabited Chesapeake Bay island not connected by a bridge to the mainland, is located 12 miles west of Crisfield, Maryland, 95 miles south of Baltimore, and straddles the Maryland-Virginia state line.
		The island is populated by a unique culture of watermen descended from the original settlers of 350 years ago.
		Smith Island is part of a chain of islands that form the border between Chesapeake Bay and Tangier Sound, and is comprised of 97-percent emergent wetlands.
	www.nab.usace.army.mil /projects/Maryland/smithisland.htm (493 words)

	Museum: Crisfield & Smith Island Cultural Alliance, Inc. Page
		Smith Island is home to artist Reuben Becker whose paintings are owned and treasured throughout Maryland and across the country.
		He chose to live on the Island because of his strong feelings for the marshes, boats, water and people, and his paintings of these subjects are much in demand by those who are familiar with his work and many who visit the Island.
		The Center is operated by the Crisfield and Smith Island Cultural Alliance, Inc., a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and exhibition of the cultural heritage of the region.
	www.smithisland.org /museum.html (669 words)

	Down Home
		Smith island is located in Somerset County, 13 miles west of Crisfield, and is accessible by passenger ferry (no cars).
		Smith Island was originally populated in 1657 and named the Russell Isles by Captain John Smith in honor of Smith’s ship doctor, Walter Russell.
		As pollution and the decline of shellfish threaten the Chesapeake, and as erosion causes the island to diminish, we salute the watermen and families of Smith Island in their battle with nature.
	www.co-opliving.com /coopliving/issues/2002/September/downhome.htm (1658 words)

	Marine Construction, dredge, environmental dredge, dredger, dredging equipment, used dredges, from MudCat.com
		Smith Island, Maryland and Virginia, is one of few remaining inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay.
		During the period of June and July 1987, a Federal navigation channel at Smith Island was dredged and the materials, largely silts, were placed along the Eastern shore of the island at Twitch Cove.
		The area was to be planted with eelgrass (Zostera marina), a native plant found in the Smith Island area.
	www.mudcat.com /smith-island.htm (1148 words)

	Smith Island, Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is Maryland's only inhabited off-shore island in the Chesapeake Bay, and its population was 364 at the 2000 census.
		To prevent the island from being lost to erosion, restoration efforts will be ongoing for the next 50 years to restore 1900 acres of submerged aquatic vegetation and 240 acres of wetlands.
		Ferries connect Smith Island to Point Lookout, Maryland, to the west, and Crisfield, Maryland, to the east.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smith_Island,_Maryland (459 words)

	Maryland Fast Facts and Trivia
		Maryland gave up some of it's land to form Washington D.C. The Maryland Renaissance Festival is held from August and October in Crownsville.
		Maryland is a prominent producer and processor of seafood and a national leader in the production of blue crabs and soft clams.
		Maryland has forty-seven operational State parks, including 7 parks with waterfront areas, covering 90,239 acres; 15 State-owned lakes and ponds open to public fishing; 9 State forests and portions of 15 State parks open to public hunting; 36 wildlife management areas, covering 88,348 acres, open to public hunting; 6 natural environment areas containing 7,676 acres.
	www.50states.com /facts/maryland.htm (1294 words)

	"I hate phragmites!" - high school field trip Children Today - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The phragmite is a tall plumed marsh grass, very much a part of the intertidal zones of this island and only one of many new vocabulary words, such as benthic, detritus, estuary, nekton, scat, salinity, turbidity, to name only a few, that the students learned on their exciting, cold and muddy field trip.
		Smith Island is the largest inhabited offshore island in the Chesapeake Bay.
		Captain John Smith in 1608 wrote in his log: "Heaven and earth seemed never to have agreed better for man's commodious and delightful habitation." It is land where time holds still and traces of Elizabethan speech may still be heard.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1053/is_n5_v19/ai_9357980 (651 words)

	National Geographic News @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		But the island seems about to join others that already have sunk beneath the waves—a microcosm, say scientists, of the effects of rising sea levels around the world.
		Kearney's studies of historical records, along with such indicators as pollens found in sediment samples, show that islands in the bay were slowly eroding from the colonial period until around 1850, when the rate of land loss took a sudden and dramatic upturn.
		Around the beginning of the 19th century, Sharps Island was a roughly 600-acre (240-hectare) farming and fishing community at the mouth of Maryland's Choptank River.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2000/04/0428_islands.html (1414 words)

	Captain John Smith
		While the Smith farm acreage was not great, the income from it was sufficient for George Smith to have amassed goods and chattels to the value of more than seventy-five pounds sterling by the time he died.
		After this event, John Smith was authorized by Prince Zsigmond to wear upon his shield "three Turks heads" in token of his feat and was made "an English gentleman." The generous Prince granted John Smith an annual pension of three hundred ducats.
		The John Smith map of Virginia was the most important map to appear in print during the period of early settlement.
	home.earthlink.net /~dawise/Smith.htm (1245 words)

	Maryland: Smith Island (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots - Library of Congress)
		Maryland's only inhabited offshore island is home to 350 men, women, and children who are descended from the original settlers who arrived in 1659.
		The original English and Welsh settlers inhabit the three villages of Smith Island, possibly Maryland's most isolated and intact enclave of traditional culture.
		The text of 12 interviews with the inhabitants is included, and a five-page essay and cookbook provide a colorful evocation of life on the island.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /cocoon/legacies/MD/200003127.html (230 words)

	Smith Island, Maryland, Chesapeake Sunrise Bed and Breakfast
		Located right next to the Smith Island Marina / Chesapeake Sunrise Bed and Breakfast, the Bayside is also adjacent to the ferry landing.
		The Smith Island Center is a good place for newcomers to visit to become more familiar with the island.
		Directly across the Harbor from Ewell is the Martin National Wildlife Refuge, comprising the northern half of Smith Island.
	smithisland.us /ewell.htm (302 words)

	Smith grind - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Tyler, city, seat of Smith County, northeastern Texas.
		It is a commercial and industrial center of the East Texas oil field and is also known for...
		Smith, Hilton (1912-1983), American professional baseball player, who was a dominant pitcher in the Negro Leagues in the 1930s and 1940s.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Smith+grind.html (108 words)

	Water Ways: Ports of Call: The Last Inhabited Islands
		Everything needed by island residents, from building materials to groceries to the mail, must be brought in by boat (or if need be by air).
		Smith Island, Maryland, currently has a population of under 400 people scattered over three small communities, each with a Methodist Church.
		The island's elementary school and a modern visitors' center and museum are in Ewell.
	www.folklife.si.edu /explore/Education/Waterways/Ports_of_Call/sto_islands.html (455 words)

	Maryland Marine Notes: July-October 2001 Spotlight - Bridging The Gap: Watermen and Scientists on Crabs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As he usually does "of a mornin'," Tyler put out of Smith Island, Maryland in the dark, joining a ghostly cavalcade of workboats darting through the shallow channels, heading for their hunting grounds.
		As the boats navigate toward their crab pot buoys, those aboard can see few reference points – the dim lights of Smith Island dropping behind to the east, the vague outline of a wrecked ship, used for target practice by the military, to the north.
		He and his colleagues have even rented a small house in Deal Island, just north of Smith Island, where they have spent many days with watermen, going out on their boats, culling crabs, or just chatting with them down at the local Arby's restaurant.
	www.mdsg.umd.edu /MarineNotes/Jul-Oct01/index.html (2826 words)

	Tangier Island, Virginia: A Chesapeake Bay island
		A Chesapeake Bay island whose history is as fascinating as is its ties to the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
		The first Crockett of record on Tangier was Joseph, the son of Sampson and the grandson of John Tyler of Smith’s Island MD. It was this Joseph who bought 475 acres of the Andrews land in 1778.
		Joshua Thomas, who was raised on Smith’s Island, living with his cousin David Tyler there and had married Rachel Evans, the daughter of Richard, bought 75 acres of it.
	www.chesapeakebaysampler.com /TangierIsland.htm (2018 words)

	Smith Island Maryland Ewell Tide Bed and Breakfast Inn, Chesapeake Bay
		Smith Island is a textbook study of indigenous Bay insects.
		Each of the island's three villages, Ewell, Rhodes Point, and Tylerton (Ewell is the metropolis) has its own working harbor where most working age islanders earn their livings.
		In the the summer that number swells as city-escapees are discovering the island's unique qualities of old-time community and security.
	www.smithisland.net /island-bed-breakfast-activities.htm (589 words)

	Chesapeake Club: Get in touch with your inner Chesapeake
		Smith Island and Tangier Island are actual islands; Solomons Island and Belle Isle State Park aren’t.
		Unblemished by the typical emblems of tourism, Maryland’s Smith Island is a welcome refuge from the Beltway bustle.
		Unblemished by the typical trappings of tourism, Maryland’s Smith Island is a welcome refuge from the Beltway bustle and a perfect lovers’ hideaway.
	www.chesapeakeclub.org /nspots.htm (646 words)

	Smith Island Crabs - The best source for Maryland gourmet crabmeat, crabs and oysters.
		Our island is nestled in the Chesapeake, 12 miles off of the southeastern shore of Maryland.
		Originally, they farmed the island, but quickly turned to the bounty of the Chesapeake to become some of the first watermen in the New World.
		Today Smith Island is home to 350 men, women and cildren, who have continued to livethir lives off shore in order to maintain thist tradition that has been passed on since 1659 and a wonder life stepped in family and community.
	dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us /smithisland/order.html (222 words)

	Smith Island - located off shores of Crisfield, MD in the Chespeake Bay
		Maryland's only inhabited off-shore island, Smith Island lies just off the coast of Crisfield, MD in the Chesapeake Bay.
		Smith Island has approximately 350 full-time residents living in the three villages of Ewell, Tylerton and Rhodes Point.
		Smith Island is fast becoming a popular destination for tourists and vacationers due to the pristine ecological environment and the scenic beauty of the island.
	www.chesapeakerealty.net /smithisland.htm (349 words)

	Patti Smith - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Patti Smith - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Smith, Patti, born in 1946, American poet, rock singer, and songwriter, whose risk-taking performances and punk sensibility made her a significant...
		Most of my poems are written to women because women are most inspiring.
	encarta.msn.com /Patti_Smith.html (89 words)

	Smith Island, Maryland MD, profile (Somerset County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Maryland > All counties > Somerset County > Smith Island
		Smith Island is in Somerset County, in the Salisbury metro area.
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Smith Island was $23,996, compared with $21,587 nationally.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=57944 (732 words)

	Smith Island, Maryland, Bed and Breakfast, Chesapeake Sunrise
		Situated in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, Smith Island offers you the chance to unwind.
		Smith Island is known as the 'Crabbing Capital of the World,' and you can enjoy crabs any way you like them, at a local restaurant or order your own bushel.
		The Smith Island Marina with 6 slips is the only private marina on the Island with bathroom and shower, located in our boat house.
	www.smithisland.us (332 words)

	Smith Island Bed Breakfast Inn Maryland Tylerton Eastern Shore Chesapeake Bay Lodging Accommodation MD
		The Inn of Silent Music, surrounded on three sides by water and saltmarsh, is a peaceful haven on Smith Island, located off Maryland's Eastern Shore in the Chesapeake Bay.
		The main portion of what is now the bed and breakfast was built in the "Maryland House" style circa 1916 as a private home.
		The island's only sit-down restaurant, the Inn offers a seafood dinner at an additional charge but with a complimentary sunset view.
	www.virtualcities.com /ons/md/s/mds6001.htm (650 words)

	Smith Island, Maryland (MD) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news
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		Smith Island-area historical tornado activity is below Maryland state average.
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	www.city-data.com /city/Smith-Island-Maryland.html (810 words)

	Maryland Web Page
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	BILLZilla - Smith Island Maryland T1 Price Quotes in Real-Time
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	www.billzilla.com /t1/md/smith-island.html (688 words)

	Smith Island (Maryland)
		Maryland's only inhabited off-shore island in the Chesapeake Bay
		For questions about the website, contact the Web Editor
		© Copyright November 15, 1995, Crisfield & Smith Island Cultural Alliance, Inc.
	www.smithisland.org (30 words)

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