Wye River (Maryland)

The Wye River is a 16.3-mile-long (26.2 km) tributary of the <a href="/facts/Chesapeake_Bay/IBeolBQc">Chesapeake Bay</a>, on the <a href="/facts/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland/DeFTuW9w">Eastern Shore</a> of <a href="/facts/Maryland/tVy9fC1n">Maryland</a>. It was named by the Lloyd family, <a href="/facts/Edward_Lloyd_(delegate)/M2oajb4t">Edward Lloyd (delegate)</a>, and <a href="/facts/Edward_Lloyd_(Governor_of_Maryland)/h0enrVap">Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland)</a>, after the <a href="/facts/River_Wye/K8F24VcQ">River Wye</a> in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>. It falls within <a href="/facts/Queen_Anne%27s_County,_Maryland/F8yeU186">Queen Anne's County</a> and <a href="/facts/Talbot_County,_Maryland/JLH1IAyp">Talbot County</a>, and joins the <a href="/facts/Miles_River/rkg6fVT5">Miles River</a> near its mouth to the <a href="/facts/Eastern_Bay/gN8McaQC">Eastern Bay</a>. The river is popular with recreational boaters because of its secluded anchorages, fishing, crabbing and proximity to the tourist attractions of <a href="/facts/St._Michaels,_Maryland/GyvlN6Qn">St. Michaels, Maryland</a>. Like many rivers on the Chesapeake Bay, the Wye is largely tidal. The river's features include the 2,800-acre (11 km2) Wye Island, most of which is part of the Wye Island Natural Resources Management Area, managed by the <a href="/facts/Maryland_Department_of_Natural_Resources/3SI6C765">Maryland Department of Natural Resources</a> State Forest and Park Service. <a href="/facts/William_Paca/I2HCr0sz">William Paca</a>, the third governor of Maryland and a signatory to the <a href="/facts/Declaration_of_Independence_(United_States)/UyTgzfpx">Declaration of Independence</a>, once owned the island.
The nearby <a href="/facts/Aspen_Institute_Wye_River_Conference_Centers/y6vCruSf">Aspen Institute Wye River Conference Centers</a> (sections of which were formerly known as the "<a href="/facts/Wye_River_(plantation)/VcyPIPUu">Wye River plantation</a>") hosted the 1998 Mideast Peace talks attended by <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israeli</a> Prime Minister <a href="/facts/Benjamin_Netanyahu/581DW7MB">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> and <a href="/facts/Palestinian_Authority/AhB1P7E7">Palestinian Authority</a> Chairman <a href="/facts/Yasser_Arafat/r2DjotE5">Yasser Arafat</a>, and hosted by US President <a href="/facts/Bill_Clinton/x5mwYkVh">Bill Clinton</a> that culminated in the <a href="/facts/Wye_River_Memorandum/sTff5kRf">Wye River Memorandum</a>.
The watershed also includes the Wye Research and Education Center, operated by the <a href="/facts/University_of_Maryland_College_of_Agriculture_and_Natural_Resources/JffkRPbE">University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources</a>, Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES). They conduct agricultural research and education, in cooperation with the nearby <a href="/facts/Aspen_Institute_Wye_River_Conference_Centers/y6vCruSf">Aspen Institute Wye River Conference Centers</a>.
<a href="/facts/Eli%C3%A1n_Gonz%C3%A1lez/5rfKT2g8">Elián González</a> and his father stayed at the Wye River Plantation briefly in 2000.
Water quality is threatened by development.

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Wye River (Maryland)