Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index St. Marie's City, in St. Mary's County, Maryland, is a small town near the southernmost end of the state, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. St. Marie's City was the original center of the Maryland colony, founded in 1634 with the arrival of the Ark and Dove colony ships. Present day St. Marie's City is primarily the location of St. Mary's College, which runs a tourist center and archeological site devoted to colonial St. Marie's. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.