Hart Miller Island is located at the mouths of Back River and Middle River, where they empty into the

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east of the City of

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. It was formerly two separate islands, Hart Island and Miller Island, but it is now almost entirely artificial. In 1981, the area began being filled with dredged material by the

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, for the purpose of

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, and the project is scheduled for completion in 2012.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fact Sheet
/ref> It is now in use as Hart-Miller Island State Park, accessible only by boat. Hart-Miller Island Baltimore June 2021

References

External links

Maryland Department of Natural Resources website on Hart-Miller Island

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