Celebrating the Maritime Crossroads
Call for interviews!
CCHA is interviewing locals, subject experts, and everyone in between to record for posterity their experiences, perspectives, and knowledge of the water across the Chesapeake Crossroads, sharing with us why it matters.
We plan to incorporate portions of these interviews into printed or digital and online resources about the maritime heritage of this region to encourage and enhance public engagement with and on the water. This research has the potential to help disseminate important maritime based information you have knowledge of, and will help promote the preservation, stewardship, conservation and public knowledge of maritime heritage.
Please reach out to Katie at hagill25@contractor.aacounty.org if you have a story you would like to share
Our general questions:
- What is your first or favorite memory on the Bay or its rivers?
- Why do you think it is important to get out on the Bay and its tributaries?
- What part of our maritime heritage, history and culture is most important to you?
Where can you find us in the maritime crossroads this summer?
2026 River Days
Saturday, July 11 – Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis 11am-3pm
Saturday, August 29 – Annapolis Maritime Museum Park, Annapolis 11am-3pm
An Evening of Skipjacks
August 24th, Museum of Eastern Shore Culture, Salisbury, MD, 6pm-7:30pm
Pres Harding, grandson of legendary skipjack builder Bronza Parks, will share photographs, music, sea shanties, and stories from his childhood growing up in the boatyard as “The Boy in the Boatyard.” He’ll be joined by Captains Shawn Ridgley, Wade Murphy III, and Stoney Whitelock, who will bring their own experiences and perspectives from life aboard Maryland’s historic skipjacks. A screening of the documentary, “Voices of the Skipjack” will also been shown!
Maryland Seafood Festival and Skipjack Heritage Days
September 12th and 13th, 2026 official webpage and tickets
Galesville Maritime Heritage Festival
October 3rd, View Festival Website here
Paddling Through Time Guided Tours
TBD
Celebrate Maritime Heritage
Self guided paddle routes and online resources
Patuxent
River
Online storymap coming soon!
West
River
Online storymap coming soon!
Celebrating Maritime Heritage in the CCHA
Online storymap coming soon!
COMING SOON
Download the paper guide to Celebrating Maritime Heritage along the Patuxent
COMING SOON
Download the paper guide to Celebrating Maritime Heritage along the West River
Celebrate Maritime Heritage in the CCHA
Learn more about the maritime heritage of the whole Chesapeake Crossroads. COMING SOON Explore the map here!