Bald Friar Ford & Ferry (Pre-Conowingo Bridge)
USA /
Maryland /
Port Deposit /
World
/ USA
/ Maryland
/ Port Deposit
World / United States / Maryland
place with historical importance, invisible
Former site of a Susquehanna fording used by Indians before the coming of the white man. By 1695, a barge provided ferry service to the colonists. The Conowingo Lake now covers the site.
On April 12, 1781, Lafayette moved his troops south by way of this ford, followed by Rochambeau’s Artillery and baggage detachments on September 10 of the same year.
www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1806
On April 12, 1781, Lafayette moved his troops south by way of this ford, followed by Rochambeau’s Artillery and baggage detachments on September 10 of the same year.
www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1806
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°40'55"N 76°11'46"W
- Conowingo Bridge (Former Site) 1 km
- Port Deposit Bridge remnants 8.6 km
- Former United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge 10 km
- Havre de Grace - Historic District 17 km
- Bush River 26 km
- Former NIKE Missile Fire Control Site BA-09 35 km
- Filston Manor 39 km
- Hampton National Historic Site 45 km
- Murray Hill 50 km
- Woodbrook, Maryland 50 km
- Conowingo, Maryland 3.3 km
- Conowingo Resevoir 5 km
- Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation 6.1 km
- Amtrak/PRR 25Hz Power Transmission Lines 7.3 km
- Cecil County, Maryland 23 km
- Harford County, Maryland 23 km
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 38 km
- Chester County, Pennsylvania 51 km
- York County, Pennsylvania 53 km
- Mason Dixon Line 78 km