A partial collection of people, places and events that have made
Chesapeake City the unique and desirable location that it has become today.
Picture by Lewis Collins, Jr. - c. 1955
This picture was taken
approximately six years after ferry service
had been replaced by the overhead (Rt. 213) bridge but prior to
the canal widening which occurred during the 1960s.
Clockwise (almost)
1-Ferry entrance road & Grover Baker's bean patch.
2-N. Chesapeake City Ferry Dock - (Used Jan. 1943 - Sept. 1949)
3-Location of Passenger Ferry Dock (Used July 1942 - Jan. 1943)
4-Playground and carnival site
(Seesaws and swing sets are barely visible)
5-Concrete pads from the Drawbridge Control Buildings.
6-Remnants of the drawbridge that was destroyed in 1942.
7-Schaefer's Restaurant with second floor added.
8-Schaefer's Grocery & Liquor Store.
9-Gas Pumps
10-Warehouse
11-Pilot House
12-Intersection of Bank & Lock Streets. (House still exists)
13-Lupfer's Garage (Currently Masonic Lodge Hall)
14-John Schaefer's House.
15-Dirt road from Lock Street to ferry.
This picture is also shown on
the Schaefer's page without numbers.
Boat Yard Road (Sept. 1949)
Picture Information/Description Revised 8/15/06 (Source: Larry Ortt & Lewis
Collins, Jr.)
Upper Left: Abandoned Wharf (partially shown). At
one time was known as the Chesapeake Yacht Club.
Upper Right: J. E. Walls Lumber Yard (buildings
along the edge of the photo). Currently Town Houses.
The white building and the Wharfs belonged to the DuPont Yacht Club and
it was also known as the Back Creek Yacht Club. Mr. Borger was the
Dockmaster. He commuted to and from his home on the south side of the canal via
the small rowboat which can be seen tied up to the wharf. Mr. Greg Danby, a
DuPont Co. executive, kept his yachts there for many years. One of his early
yachts was the "Elsert" skippered by Captain Nelson Cooling who lived on Bohemia
Avenue in SCC. Captain Wilkinson took over in later years after retiring from
the U.S. Coast Guard. He lived just beyond the "S" turn on
Biddle Street in NCC.
Bottom: West end of Schaefer's Wharf. The sailboat
is the "Noreaster" owned by Henry Bealing duPont.
It wintered at Schaefer's during the 1950s and 1960s. The skipper, Captain Sloan
lived in NCC and can be seen in the photo working atop the rear mast. The yacht
is still in the duPont family and was observed at the Canal House wharf one
summer less than ten years ago.
More North Chesapeake City Pictures:
Canal Street
Churches
Fire Company
Schaefer's
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