Note:
Chesapeake City was the starting point of the original Chesapeake Country Road. When I began this project it was natural for me to do a piece on Chesapeake City as one of my “Points of Interest” series on the ChesaDel Crier. This was originally published there on April 9, 2021.

In 1829, after years of planning and construction the C&D Canal connecting the Delaware Bay with the Chesapeake Bay opened. The town that grew around the locks, Chesapeake City, was named in 1839 and soon expanded to both sides of the canal. The town was incorporated in 1849. It was a commercial community that serviced the passengers and shippers who used the canal. The town was named Chesapeake City in 1839 and soon expanded to both sides of the canal.

On the southern side of the canal many of Chesapeake City’s 19th-century architecture remains intact, and the area has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It’s a little town full of charm and is a nice place to spend time walking the streets visiting the shops or eating at the town’s restaurants or just daydreaming on the water while huge ships pass before your eyes.

On the North side of the the Canal Maryland’s Ben Cardin C&D Canal Recreational Trail begins. The trail links to Delaware’s Michael Castle Trail and runs along the north bank of the canal to Delaware City.

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About the Sunday Posts
Nearly three years ago I began doing a series of posts I called “Drives with Steve” on my photography Website, SGAtkinson.com. The idea was to take a drive from my home in Chestertown to an randomly selected location and take photographs along the way.

This eventually turned into the “Points of Interest” series. Along the way I’ve captured a pretty wide range of photos.

For the past several months I have been doing posts on each Sunday that I have been terming,”Drives with Steve” and have tried to have recent one every week. Over these past few there has been a few things that have made these weekly trips difficult to do. One of the biggest has been, in a word, inflation. Especially the price of gas. The cost for these trips have nearly doubled.

I have decided to only do one “Drives with Steve” post a month, on the last Sunday of the Month. What will be appearing on the other Sundays? “Points of Interest”, which is what all of these weekly posts really are.

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