Tolchester_Beach,_Maryland

Tolchester Beach, Maryland

Tolchester Beach, Maryland

Unincorporated community in Maryland, United States

Tolchester Beach is an unincorporated community located on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Established in 1877, it was formerly a popular resort.[2][3][4] Tolchester Beach is located just north of Rock Hall. The resort was closed in 1962.[5]

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In the late 1800s, Tolchester Beach was a popular tourist destination for residents of Baltimore and other areas served by the Chesapeake Bay steamships.[3] The beach had hotels, restaurants, games, picnics, horse-racing, and an amusement park with a merry-go-round and a roller coaster.[3]

Some of the steamships that served Tolchester Beach were the Emma Giles[6] and Louise.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Tolchester Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    "Tolchester Beach". Maryland Online Encyclopedia. 2005. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007.
  3. [3]
    Cowan, Katherine (November 1999). "Tolchester Photograph Collection, ca. 1883-1925". Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library.
  4. [4]
    Milt Diggins. "Cecil County, The Tolchester Beach Improvement Company, and the end of the Steamboat Era". Archived from the original on April 14, 2007.
  5. [5]
    "Tolchester Beach Revisited Museum". The Mainstay. 2007. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008.
  6. [6]
    Keith, Robert C. (2005). Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-0801879807.
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