Our first stop was
The Cove in Baltimore Peninsula. I remember Ellison S. telling me about this place in August 2024. It was on my "to do" list to investigate. Today I finally got around to doing so.
There was almost no traffic in the
Baltimore Peninsula section of
Port Covington. This was good because navigating there for the first time was a little confusing. I found the area to be a delightful oasis in what I otherwise expected to be industrial and dirty. It now seems like the kind of place I'd expect to find a lot of successful young professionals.
I walked all along the waterline for quite a distance. The best place to launch is the beach area at the bottom of the stairs near the
Canton Kayak Club boats.
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Go through the gate.
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Beach for launching.
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The beach in this area is a mix of sand, rocks, bricks, furnace debris, industrial parts, and shells. So be careful when you launch/land.
Daphne and I saw a lot of winter waterfowl.
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Winter waterfowl.
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Northern Shoveler ducks.
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We walked along the beach, getting as close as we could to the Under Armour Global Headquarters.
In the other direction, we walked as far southeast as we could go on Tidewater Street. There we saw the
Cape Washington ship.
Near Cape Washington was a tall ship I'd never seen before called the
Peacemaker. The Peacemaker is owned by the Twelve Tribes communities, a religious group founded in 1972 that many deem a cult. The
Southern Poverty Law Center describes them as "a Christian fundamentalist cult" that has been accused of child abuse, child labor, racism and misogyny.
According to the
Twelve Tribes website
We stopped using the ship several years ago, and its future is uncertain.
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Aft view.
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Portside view.
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