In September 2008, the Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society (MAHS) was awarded a Non-Capital Historic Preservation Grant from the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) to complete a comprehensive survey of the shoreline and near-shore portions of Bodkin Creek, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The project, entitled “Bodkin Creek Area Maritime and Terrestrial Survey and Synthesis of Prehistoric and Historic Resources,” was a notable example of a cooperative effort by volunteer, government, and commercial sectors, as it combined the work of MAHS (volunteer), MHT (government), and Geomar, LLC (a commercial firm contracted to carry out remote sensing in Bodkin Creek) in a single, coordinated effort. MAHS volunteers conducted primary and secondary archival research at libraries and archives in the United States, Canada, and England. Geomar, LLC, with assistance from MAHS, conducted a remote sensing survey of approximately 2,082 acres of previously unexamined bottom at the entrance to Bodkin Creek and in current and historical navigation channels near the creek. The survey combined side-scan sonar and magnetometer investigations along survey lanes totaling approximately 314 nautical miles in 334 individual survey transects spaced 15 meters (50 feet) apart. The survey identified a total of 92 magnetic anomalies and 252 acoustic contacts. Eight of the targets were of particular interest due to their appearance or their location. Geomar and MAHS divers investigated four of the targets, finding that one was a modern vessel and three were wooden wrecks of as yet undetermined date or type. MAHS volunteers also visited 26 previously identified terrestrial archaeological sites along or near the shoreline of Bodkin Creek and its tributaries. Where possible, general assessments of site conditions were made. And finally, the findings of the historical, terrestrial archaeological, and underwater archaeological investigations were combined in a synthetic overview of the maritime history of the estuary.