WELCOME TO HISTORIC ELK LANDING

Welcome to Historic Elk Landing, an almost forgotten port at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. During America’s late Colonial and early Federal periods, roughly 1770 to 1820, Elk Landing was the mid Atlantic’s northernmost navigable inland waterway and the preferred route of north and south travel for many well-known patriots. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Lafayette, as well as many others, passed through en-route to the capitol in Philadelphia. In addition, the site served as a shipping and supply port for America’s Continental Army. In the War of 1812, Fort Hollingsworth at Elk Landing, along with close-by Fort Defiance, defended Elkton from burning by the British.