Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
This historic canal connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays can be viewed from the Delaware Bayshore Byway. In Delaware City view an original lock.
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This historic canal connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays can be viewed from the Delaware Bayshore Byway. In Delaware City view an original lock.
Situated on Pea Patch Island in the middle of the Delaware River, Fort Delaware was initially constructed in the mid-1800s to protect Wilmington and Philadelphia from enemy attack.
Fort DuPont is located near Delaware City and offers trails, military building and barracks, as well as picnic and boat launch facilities.
Fowler Beach, located in the heart of Delaware’s Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, is a nature preserve for shoreside flora and fauna.
Historic Delaware attraction with pristine trails and waterways, a Visitor’s Center with a designated kids’ corner, live animals, and a working gristmill.
Pickering Beach is a beautiful little piece of paradise for people that love a nature beach, where they can fish, boat and enjoy bird watching.
The trail includes a boardwalk and an actual “Floating Fishing Cabin,” used by fishermen of Port Penn in the recent past.
Small park with playground, tennis court, and basketball court directly across from the Slaughter Beach Pavilion.
Beautiful tidal salt marsh that you can view up close via an accessible boardwalk – an excellent example of the salt marshes along Delaware’s Bayshore.
Delaware Greenways extends its thanks to the Delaware Department of Transportation, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Delaware Tourism Office for their generous support in the development of the Delaware Bayshore Byway website.
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