The Chester River begins at Millington, Maryland, where Cypress Branch and Andover Branch join together. It ends at the Chesapeake Bay in a very wide mouth between Love Point on Kent Island, and Swan Point, near Gratitude, Maryland. Cypress Branch rises in southwestern New Castle County, Delaware, and Andover Branch, with its tributary, Sewell Branch, rises in northwestern Kent County, Delaware. Millington is the head of navigation

Its main tributaries are Langford Creek and Morgan Creek on the north side and the Corsica River and Southeast Creek on the south side. There are also several small creeks on the northern shore, including Church Creek, Grays Inn Creek, Shippen Creek, Jarrett Creek, Browns Creek, Broad Creek, Dam Creek, Radcliffe Creek, and Mills Branch. On the southern shore the small creeks include Queenstown Creek, Tilghman Creek, Reed Creek, Grove Creek, Hambleton Creek, Foreman Branch and Unicorn Branch.

History

While primary source documents show that Chestertown residents did have at least one meeting to discuss the presence of tea aboard the locally-owned merchantman Geddes, and later the residents sent food to aid the blockaded Bostonians, contemporary source material has yet to be found. it's a nice tradition.

References

• United States Geological Survey. 7.5 minute series topographic quadrangles.
• Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Profile Lower Chester River
• Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Profile Middle Chester River
• Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Profile Upper Chester River

External links

• Chester River Association
• Maryland DNR's Surf Your Watershed: Lower Chester River
• Maryland DNR's Surf Your Watershed: Middle Chester River
• Maryland DNR's Surf Your Watershed: Upper Chester River