Major Rivers and Seaports of Colonial Maryland

Colonial Maryland's Waterways and Ports

Major Rivers

• Chesapeake Bay
• Potomac River
• Patuxent River
• Chester River
• Choptank River
• Nanticoke River
• Wicomico River
• Pocomoke River

Key Seaports

• Baltimore
• Annapolis
• Chestertown
• Oxford
• Cambridge
• Salisbury

These waterways were vital for trade, transportation, and settlement in colonial Maryland.