A partial collection of people, places and events that have made
Chesapeake City the unique and desirable location that it has become today.
By 1927 the eastern entrance to the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal at Delaware City, Delaware had been relocated several miles south at Reedy Point, DE. All locks, except the one at Delaware City, were removed and the waterway was converted to a sea-level operation at 12 feet deep and 90 feet wide. These improvements cost $10 million. Two stone jetties at the new eastern entrance were completed in 1926.
