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'''St. Clement's Island State Park''' is a |
'''St. Clement's Island State Park''' is a publicly owned historic preservation and recreational area that encompasses '''St. Clement's Island''', an uninhabited [[Potomac River]] [[island]] lying one-half mile southeast of [[Coltons Point, Maryland|Colton's Point]], [[St. Mary's County, Maryland|St. Mary's County]], [[Maryland]]. The [[state park]] features a 40-foot stone cross dedicated to the beginnings of [[freedom of religion in the United States]] as well as a reconstruction of the historic [[Blakistone Island Light]].<ref name=mdnr/> It is the central feature of the '''St. Clement's Island Historic District''' that was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1972.<ref name=mht/> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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[[File:St Clement's Manor plaque.JPG|thumb|left|St Clement's Manor plaque at St Clement's Island State Park]] |
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The park preserves the site of the March 25, 1634, landing of [[Province of Maryland|Maryland's]] first colonists, who had sailed from [[Cowes]] on the [[Isle of Wight]] in [[England]] four months earlier.<ref name=smc/><ref name=istg/> The date is commemorated annually as [[Maryland Day]].<ref name=day/> The island was a convenient, temporary base of operations for the 150 settlers as they negotiated with the [[Yaocomico]] [[Native Americans]] for land for a permanent settlement. They named the island in honor of [[Pope Clement I|Pope Saint Clement I]], patron of mariners. It was the site of the first [[Roman Catholic]] [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] celebrated in the [[British colonization of the Americas|British-American colonies]], said by [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] Father [[Andrew White (missionary)|Andrew White]]. It is widely believed that the Mass took place on the day of the landing.<ref name=mht/> |
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The park preserves the site of the March 23, 1634, landing of [[Province of Maryland|Maryland's]] first colonists, who had sailed from [[Cowes]] on the [[Isle of Wight]] in [[England]] four months earlier.<ref name=carr/><ref name=istg/> On March 25, the colonists celebrated a mass of thanksgiving for their safe arrival and this date is commemorated annually as [[Maryland Day]].<ref name=statearchives/><ref name=day/> The island was a convenient, temporary base of operations for the 150 settlers as they negotiated with the [[Yaocomico]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] for land for a permanent settlement. They named the island in honor of [[Pope Clement I]], patron saint of mariners. It was the site of the first [[Roman Catholic]] [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] celebrated in the [[British colonization of the Americas|British-American colonies]], said by [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] Father [[Andrew White (missionary)|Andrew White]]. |
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The island measured "not above 400 acres" at the time of the settlers' landing, according to White's account of the journey.<ref name=white/> Five years later, in 1639, the Surveyor General measured the island and found that it was about 80 acres.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofcolo00thom|title=Chronicles of Colonial Maryland: With Illustrations|last=Thomas|first=James Walter|date=1913|publisher=Eddy Press Corporation|language=en}}</ref> It formed part of St. Clement's Manor, which was granted by the [[Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore|Second Lord Baltimore]] to [[Thomas Gerard (colonist)|Thomas Gerard]] in 1639.<ref name=dames/> Gerard subsequently became a major landholder and political figure in Maryland and [[Virginia]]. After the island became the property of Gerard's daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Nehemiah Blackistone, it became known as Blackistone Island.<ref name=mht2/> |
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After the Blackistone family took ownership in 1669, the island remained in the family for 162 years. It was taken over by the [[US Navy]] in 1919, at which time a landing strip and piers were built and the island's buildings and trees were removed.<ref name=uscg/> In 1962, the property was designated as a state park when it was leased from the [[Federal government]] and its name reverted to St. Clement's Island.<ref name=smc/> The name change was made official by the Board of Geographic Names in 1965.<ref name=gnis/> |
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==Features== |
==Features== |
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The island's 40-foot stone cross was erected in 1934 in celebration of |
The island's 40-foot stone cross was erected in 1934 in celebration of Maryland's 300th anniversary, recognizing the location as one of the foundation sites of religious toleration in the [[United States]].<ref name=smc/> |
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A replica of the [[Blakistone Island Light]] was completed in 2008 through the efforts of the St. Clement's Hundred community organization.<ref name=smc/> The original lighthouse occupied the island from 1851 until 1956 when it was destroyed by fire.<ref name=uscg/> |
A replica of the [[Blakistone Island Light]] was completed in 2008 through the efforts of the St. Clement's Hundred community organization.<ref name=smc/> The original lighthouse occupied the island from 1851 until 1956 when it was destroyed by fire.<ref name=uscg/> |
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==Activities and amenities== |
==Activities and amenities== |
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The island is only accessible by private boat or via a [[water taxi]] that operates seasonally from the [[St. Clement's Island Museum]] in Colton's Point.<ref name=smc/> Activities on the island include hiking, picnicking, fishing, and hunting.<ref name=mdnr/> |
The island is only accessible by private boat or via a [[water taxi]] that operates seasonally from the [[St. Clement's Island Museum]] in Colton's Point.<ref name=smc/> Activities on the island include hiking, picnicking, fishing, and hunting.<ref name=mdnr/> |
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==References== |
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<ref name=acreagereport>{{cite web |
<ref name=acreagereport>{{cite web|url=https://dnr.maryland.gov/land/Documents/Stewardship/CurrentAcreageReport.pdf |title=DNR Lands Acreage Report |publisher=Maryland Department of Natural Resources |access-date=October 9, 2024}}</ref> |
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<ref name=mdnr>{{cite web |url=http:// |
<ref name=mdnr>{{cite web |url=http://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/southern/stclements.aspx |title=St. Clement's Island State Park |publisher=Maryland Department of Natural Resources |access-date=November 29, 2013}}</ref> |
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<ref name=carr>{{cite web |url=http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2200/sc2221/000003/000000/pdf/25328.pdf |title=Maryland... at the beginning |author=Lois Green Carr |author2=Russell R. Menard |author3=Louis Peddicord |publisher=Hall of Records Commission, Department of General Services |date=March 25, 1984 |access-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref> |
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<ref name=white>{{cite web |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000552/html/am552--18.html |title=A Briefe Relation of the Voyage Unto Maryland |author=Andrew White |publisher=Maryland State Archives |page=18 |date=March 25, 1984 |access-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref> |
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<ref name=istg>{{cite web |url=http://www.immigrantships.net/v2/1600v2/ark_dove16340325.html |title=Sister Ships Ark and Dove |publisher=Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild |access-date=November 29, 2013}}</ref> |
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<ref name=day>{{cite web |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/mday.html |title=Maryland Day |work=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=November 29, 2013}}</ref> |
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<ref name=dames>{{cite web |url=http://crosstrailsdames.weebly.com/thomas-gerard.html |title=Dr. Thomas Gerard |publisher=[[National Society Colonial Dames 17th Century]] Cross Trails Chapter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203061215/http://crosstrailsdames.weebly.com/thomas-gerard.html |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |access-date=November 29, 2013}}</ref> |
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<ref name=mht>{{cite web |url={{MHT url|id=84}} |title=St. Clement's Island Historic District |series=Maryland's National Register Properties |publisher=Maryland Historic Trust |access-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref> |
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<ref name=mht2>{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-82.pdf |title=St. Clement's Island Historic District |series=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |date=November 18, 1970 |author=Mrs. Preston Parish, Keeper of the Maryland Register |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust |access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref> |
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<ref name=uscg>{{cite web |url=https://media.defense.gov/2018/Jul/09/2001940171/-1/-1/0/LHMD.PDF#page=3 |title=Historic Light Station Information: Maryland |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office |page=3 |access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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<ref name=smc>{{cite web |url=https://www.stmaryscountymd.gov/Recreate/Museums/StClementsIsland/ |title=St. Clement's Island Museum |publisher=St Mary's County Government |access-date=October 9, 2024}}</ref> |
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<ref name=statearchives>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_ark_dove.html |series=The Maryland State House |title=State House Caucus Room: ''The Landing of the Maryland Colonists from the Ark & the Dove, St. Clement’s Island, March 25, 1634'' |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=June 12, 2024}}</ref> |
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==External links== |
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*[http://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/southern/stclements.aspx St. Clement's Island State Park] Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
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*{{MHT url|id=84|title=St. Clement's Island Historic District, St. Mary's County}}, including photo from 2002, at Maryland Historical Trust |
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Latest revision as of 05:38, 6 January 2025
| St. Clement's Island State Park | |
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 Commemorative cross and rebuilt Blackistone Lighthouse | |
  St. Clement's Island State Park Location in Maryland | |
| Location | Saint Mary's County, Maryland, United States |
| Coordinates | 38°12′40″N 76°44′44″W / 38.21111°N 76.74556°W[1] |
| Area | 62 acres (25 ha)[2] |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3.0 m)[1] |
| Established | 1962 |
| Administered by | Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
| Designation | Maryland state park |
| Website | Official website  |
St. Clement's Island Historic District | |
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| Nearest city | Leonardtown, Maryland |
| Area | 1,499 acres (607 ha)[3] |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001484 |
| Added to NRHP | April 10, 1972 |
St. Clement's Island State Park is a publicly owned historic preservation and recreational area that encompasses St. Clement's Island, an uninhabited Potomac River island lying one-half mile southeast of Colton's Point, St. Mary's County, Maryland. The state park features a 40-foot stone cross dedicated to the beginnings of freedom of religion in the United States as well as a reconstruction of the historic Blakistone Island Light.[4] It is the central feature of the St. Clement's Island Historic District that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[5]
History
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The park preserves the site of the March 23, 1634, landing of Maryland's first colonists, who had sailed from Cowes on the Isle of Wight in England four months earlier.[6][7] On March 25, the colonists celebrated a mass of thanksgiving for their safe arrival and this date is commemorated annually as Maryland Day.[8][9] The island was a convenient, temporary base of operations for the 150 settlers as they negotiated with the Yaocomico Native Americans for land for a permanent settlement. They named the island in honor of Pope Clement I, patron saint of mariners. It was the site of the first Roman Catholic Mass celebrated in the British-American colonies, said by Jesuit Father Andrew White.
The island measured "not above 400 acres" at the time of the settlers' landing, according to White's account of the journey.[10] Five years later, in 1639, the Surveyor General measured the island and found that it was about 80 acres.[11] It formed part of St. Clement's Manor, which was granted by the Second Lord Baltimore to Thomas Gerard in 1639.[12] Gerard subsequently became a major landholder and political figure in Maryland and Virginia. After the island became the property of Gerard's daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Nehemiah Blackistone, it became known as Blackistone Island.[3]
After the Blackistone family took ownership in 1669, the island remained in the family for 162 years. It was taken over by the US Navy in 1919, at which time a landing strip and piers were built and the island's buildings and trees were removed.[13] In 1962, the property was designated as a state park when it was leased from the Federal government and its name reverted to St. Clement's Island.[14] The name change was made official by the Board of Geographic Names in 1965.[1]
Features
[edit]The island's 40-foot stone cross was erected in 1934 in celebration of Maryland's 300th anniversary, recognizing the location as one of the foundation sites of religious toleration in the United States.[14]
A replica of the Blakistone Island Light was completed in 2008 through the efforts of the St. Clement's Hundred community organization.[14] The original lighthouse occupied the island from 1851 until 1956 when it was destroyed by fire.[13]
Activities and amenities
[edit]The island is only accessible by private boat or via a water taxi that operates seasonally from the St. Clement's Island Museum in Colton's Point.[14] Activities on the island include hiking, picnicking, fishing, and hunting.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Saint Clements Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "DNR Lands Acreage Report" (PDF). Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ a b Mrs. Preston Parish, Keeper of the Maryland Register (November 18, 1970). "St. Clement's Island Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ a b "St. Clement's Island State Park". Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ "St. Clement's Island Historic District". Maryland's National Register Properties. Maryland Historic Trust. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ Lois Green Carr; Russell R. Menard; Louis Peddicord (March 25, 1984). "Maryland... at the beginning" (PDF). Hall of Records Commission, Department of General Services. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ "Sister Ships Ark and Dove". Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ "State House Caucus Room: The Landing of the Maryland Colonists from the Ark & the Dove, St. Clement's Island, March 25, 1634". The Maryland State House. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ^ "Maryland Day". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ Andrew White (March 25, 1984). "A Briefe Relation of the Voyage Unto Maryland". Maryland State Archives. p. 18. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ Thomas, James Walter (1913). Chronicles of Colonial Maryland: With Illustrations. Eddy Press Corporation.
- ^ "Dr. Thomas Gerard". National Society Colonial Dames 17th Century Cross Trails Chapter. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ a b "Historic Light Station Information: Maryland" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. p. 3. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "St. Clement's Island Museum". St Mary's County Government. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Clement's Island State Park.
- St. Clement's Island State Park Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- St. Clement's Island Historic District, St. Mary's County, including photo from 2002, at Maryland Historical Trust
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