Fishing Creek, Maryland
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Fishing Creek, Maryland is a small unincorporated watermen’s village on Hoopers Island in Dorchester County, known for its crabbing, oystering, and Chesapeake Bay maritime heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fishing Creek, Maryland canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23069690 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fishing Creek, Maryland Context triple: [Hooper Islands, hasCommunity, Fishing Creek, Maryland]
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A.
Farm Creek, Maryland
Farm Creek, Maryland is a small community located within Dorchester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
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B.
Bird River, Maryland
Bird River, Maryland is a tidal tributary in Baltimore County that flows into the Middle River and supports local boating, fishing, and wetland habitats.
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C.
Antietam Creek, Maryland
Antietam Creek in Maryland is a historic waterway best known as the site of the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest and most consequential engagements of the American Civil War.
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D.
Back River, Maryland
Back River, Maryland is a tidal estuary in Baltimore County that flows into the Chesapeake Bay and is known for its surrounding wetlands and industrial shoreline.
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E.
Dingman Creek
Dingman Creek is a small watercourse in southwestern Ontario, Canada, that flows through rural and urban areas before joining the Thames River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fishing Creek, Maryland Target entity description: Fishing Creek, Maryland is a small unincorporated watermen’s village on Hoopers Island in Dorchester County, known for its crabbing, oystering, and Chesapeake Bay maritime heritage.
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A.
Farm Creek, Maryland
Farm Creek, Maryland is a small community located within Dorchester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
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B.
Bird River, Maryland
Bird River, Maryland is a tidal tributary in Baltimore County that flows into the Middle River and supports local boating, fishing, and wetland habitats.
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C.
Antietam Creek, Maryland
Antietam Creek in Maryland is a historic waterway best known as the site of the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest and most consequential engagements of the American Civil War.
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D.
Back River, Maryland
Back River, Maryland is a tidal estuary in Baltimore County that flows into the Chesapeake Bay and is known for its surrounding wetlands and industrial shoreline.
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E.
Dingman Creek
Dingman Creek is a small watercourse in southwestern Ontario, Canada, that flows through rural and urban areas before joining the Thames River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.