Table of Contents

NEW YORK 1. Pelham Bay Park to New Rochelle Essay 1: New York City Water Trail 2. Jamaica Bay 3. Oyster Bay 4. Shelter Island 5. Sebonac Creek Essay 2: Riverhead Foundation marine mammal rescueorganization 6. Sag Harbor Essay 3: Windmills of Long Island 7. Three Mile Harbor 8. Montauk Lake NEW JERSEY 9. Cape May Harbor Essay 4: The Cape May Diamonds 10. Sandy Hook Essay 5: Sandy Hook All Women Lifeguard Tournament 11. Delaware River 12. Brigantine Wildlife Refuge 13. Cedar Creek 14. Sedge Island Kayak Trail DELAWARE 15. Broadkill River 16. Cape Henlopen State Park - Delaware Bay Essay 6: Horseshoe Crab Invasion - Nature's Success Story 17. Delaware Seashore State Park 18. Assawoman Bay MARYLAND 19. Point Lookout Essay 7: The Haunted Point 20. Annapolis Essay 8: Ego Alley 21. Baltimore Harbor Essay 9: Baltimore Harbor's Historic Ships 22. Solomons Island Essay 10: Calvert Cliffs 23. Blackwater Wildlife Refuge 24. Tighman Island Water Trail 25. Janes Island 26. Transquaking River 27. Wye Island 28. Assateague Island Essay 11: The Wild Ponies of Assateague Island VIRGINIA 29. Jamestown Island Essay 12: The Historic Triangle 30. Reedville Essay 13: The Steamboat Era 31. Fleets Island 32. Matthews Blueway Water Trail 33. Chincoteague Island 34. Virginia Coast Reserve Mockhorn Island 35. Onancock 36. Tangier Island Essay 14: An Island On Borrowed Time 37. Virginia Beach 38. Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge 39. Cedar Island 40. North Bay Loop Sandbridge Marsh Essay 15: Dark Days for the American Black Duck Appendix A: Information & Resources Appendix B: Float Plan Appendix C: More Reading Index About the Author Appalachian Mountain Club About AMC in the Mid-Atlantic AMC Book Updates

About the Author

SHORT BIO: Michaela Riva Gaaserud is a longtime sports and guidebook writer who has paddled throughout much of the United States and Canada writing for national publications such as Canoe & Kayak and Paddler magazines. This is her seventh guidebook. LONG BIO: Michaela Riva Gaaserud is a longtime sports and guidebook writer who has paddled throughout much of the United States and Canada writing for national publications such as Canoe & Kayak and Paddler magazines. This is her seventh guidebook. Other publications include Sea Kayaking the Baltimore/Washington D.C. Area; Lake Placid: With the Olympic Village, Lake George and New York's Adirondacks; Moon Virginia and Maryland; Moon Virginia; Moon Maryland; and Moon Spotlight Coastal Virginia.