EASTON, MARYLAND — Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. Talbot Historical Society posts a members-only Poplar Island tour, free to current members, with a listed window of 8:30 a.m.–noon. The boat leaves the Poplar Island Land Base at 21548 Chicken Point Road, Tilghman, MD 21671, promptly at 9:00 a.m. and returns to Tilghman by noon. Arrive at least 15 minutes early. Capacity is 24 guests; reservations are required — call 410-822-0773 or email kaylaw [at] talbothistory.org. Non-members who want a seat are directed to join THS first. The outing opens with a 20-minute boat ride, then an air-conditioned bus tour of the island and visitor’s center.

The project is formally named the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island — language used on the project homepage and in the 2023 Working Group Annual Update. The site sits in Talbot County’s Chesapeake waters and uses dredged material from Baltimore Harbor approach channels to rebuild lost remote island habitat. Tours cover erosion, habitat restoration, water quality monitoring, and species diversity, and cultural history on the Chesapeake from the 1600s through today — including a once-thriving Bay community in the Poplar Island chain and later a retreat used by politicians, among them President Franklin D. Roosevelt. THS reprints that tour language on its members page. The homepage lists the 2026 general tour season from mid-June through the end of October and points other schedule requests to 240-444-4025 or poplartours [at] menv.com; the THS members date falls inside that window.

THS offices list 25 & 30 S. Washington Street, Easton, 410-822-0773. Register early; the boat does not scale past 24.