Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna State Park, and the C&D Canal
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The final day of Journey 1 would be spent at Conowingo Dam, the Susquehanna State Park and the C&D canal. Built in 1925, the Conowingo Dam is a major milestone in the development of the Bay’s watershed with a contribution of roughly 1.6 billion kilowatt hours to the Atlantic grid. However, there are major consequences to its installation that students would explore as they geared up for the next set of lectures and Journeys focused on the ecology and environment of the Chesapeake.
The Conowingo Dam currently has over 200 million metric tons of sediment behind its wall. It is estimated that it will be completely silted over in 10-15 years without proper intervention.
Mike Hardesty ’05
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With the requisite lectures in the natural sciences under their belt, Chesapeake Semester students started off on their second Journey that would last 10 days and take them from the remote and peaceful forests of Shenandoah National Park to the crowded boardwalk of Ocean City with stops at the marsh swamps of Black Water National Wildlife Refuge and the coastal bays of Chincoteague and Assateague Island National Wildlife Refuge. -
Chesapeake Semester students hit the road for Journey 1, “Discovering a Sense of Place,” which included a ten-day 842 mile trip circumnavigating the Bay. Students departed from Chestertown and traveled down the Delmarva and up the Western Shore of Maryland stopping at historic landmarks like Jamestowne, Colonial Williamsburg, Shirley Plantation, Historic St. Mary’s City, our state capital Annapolis, Havre de Grace, and Port Deposit. Nearing the end of the journey Chesapeake Semester students, Washington College faculty and SEA members enjoyed a sunset sail on the skipjack Martha Lewis out on the Susquehanna Flats.
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Students in the Chesapeake Semester took a sunset cruise on the Skipjack Martha Lewis with special guest Michael Helfrich, the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, who discussed challenges facing the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
