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Downes Landing

Other names:  Downes Wharf, Indian Landing

Downes Landing was located above Todd Wharf and below Two Johns on the west side of Choptank River, Caroline County.  The landing is identified on the 1875 Caroline County map found in The 1877 Atlases and Other Early Maps of the Eastern Shore, Maryland; and “Topographic Map of Caroline County” 1950 revised 1971.

(Choptank River Cultural Resources Inventory, 1999-2002)

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