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Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
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Follow in the wake of Smith's journeys on the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, America's first national water trail. Experiencing the Bay first-hand, you can grasp what it may have been like for the hardy crew, seeing the Chesapeake's shorelines and tributary rivers for the first time.

There are also a number of existing water trails to explore in the Chesapeake region such as the Eastern Neck Island Water Trail (Download a copy of this trail map) that you can get out and explore now.

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Did You Know?
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and one of the largest in the world. It is uniquely shallow, with an average depth of 21 feet and only a few troughs deeper than 170 feet. The Bay has 11,600 miles of shoreline including tidal wetlands and islands.

Last Updated: October 24, 2007 at 16:08 EST