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Patapsco River

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Kayaking the Patapsco River: Daniels Dam to Ellicott City, at 2.0ft./230cfs

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Patapsco River

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Patapsco River - Baltimore, Maryland

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Patapsco river panfish

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Patapsco River Fishing in ULTRA CLEAR WATER

The Patapsco River is a 39-mile-long (63 km) river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The river's tidal portion forms the harbor for the city of Baltimore. With its South Branch, the Patapsco forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland. The name "Patapsco" is derived from the Algonquian pota-psk-ut, which translates to "backwater" or "tide covered with froth."
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