What happened to the remnants of the Lion of Baltimore, a clipper ship historians say was destroyed by the British during a battle in Bodkin Creek in the War of 1812?

Or the lighthouse that used to sit at the tip of Bodkin Point, but is now nowhere to be found?

Archeologists with the D.C.-based Maritime and Archeological Historical Society hope to answer these questions, and more, with a high-tech land and water survey of the Pasadena creek.

"It's an area that's rich in Maryland history, from prehistoric times to the Colonial period to the Civil War," said Steve Anthony, society president. "A lot happened in Bodkin...