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The Wye River is a 16.3-mile-long (26.2 km) [1] tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It was named by the Lloyd family, Edward Lloyd (delegate) , and Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland) , after the River Wye in the United Kingdom . [ 2 ]
The entire Chesapeake Bay watershed includes portions of six states (New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware) and the District of Columbia. The watershed of the entire Chesapeake Bay covers 165,760 km 2 (approximately 64,000 mi 2 or 41 million acres [ 3 ] [ 4 ] ).
Wye River. Wye East River; Chester River. ... West River. Rhode River. Bear Creek; ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – States of Maryland and Delaware (1974)
A map of the nine ELCA regions. ... West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod West Virginia-Western Maryland: Matthew L. Riegel [118] 9,501 [119] 59 [119] Totals 281,901
The Aspen Institute Wye River Conference Centers are a set executive-retreat facilities run by the Aspen Institute on a campus overlooking the Wye River on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The site, parts of which were once known as the Wye River Plantation , was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. in 1979.
Synod of the Mid-Atlantic is an upper judicatory of the Presbyterian Church (USA) based in Richmond, Virginia. The synod oversees fourteen presbyteries in DC and five Mid-Atlantic states ( Delaware , Maryland , North Carolina , Virginia , and West Virginia ).
A synod is a regional governing body that is made up of presbyteries. Synods are classified as either programmatic or reduced-function. Synods are classified as either programmatic or reduced-function.
The Wye River plantation, or Wye Hall was the Eastern Shore of Maryland home of William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, [2] constructed in 1765, and extensively renovated in 1790 by John Paca, with Joseph Clark as architect, at a cost of $20,000.