Riker's Island, at the mouth of Bolingbroke Creek, as seen from Bolingbroke Farm about 1915. The island, which can be seen from the Choptank bridge, got its name from John Riker, who bought it in 1883. It was the site of a boy's camp, Camp Maryland, in the 1930s. Bolingbroke Creek, originally named Bullen's Brook in the 1600s, got its name from Henry Bullen, who owned a large tract of land in the area.