Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a 14-mile -long, 450-foot -wide and 35-foot -deep ship canal that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay in the states of Delaware and Maryland in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Delaware, United States of America
- Also known as: “C&D Canal” and “Chesapeake and Delaware Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Lift Bridge and Point Farm.
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Lift Bridge
Bridge
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The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Lift Bridge is a railroad bridge with vertical-lift span in the U.S. state of Delaware. It carries a Delmarva Central Railroad rail line across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
Point Farm
Heritage site
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Point Farm, also known as the R. T. Cann House, is a historic home located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1846, and is a two-story, five-bay L-shaped, brick dwelling with a gable roof.
Lums Pond State Park
Park
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Lums Pond State Park is a 1,790-acre Delaware state park near Bear, New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. The park surrounds Lums Pond, an impoundment built by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Summit Bridge and Kirkwood.
Summit Bridge
Hamlet
Summit Bridge is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Summit Bridge is home to Summit Airport, located five miles north of the central business district of Middletown.
Kirkwood
Hamlet
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Kirkwood is an unincorporated community in central New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It lies along Delaware Route 71, southwest of the city of Wilmington, the county seat of New Castle County. Kirkwood is situated 2½ miles northeast of Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
Mount Pleasant
Hamlet
Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community located largely in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Mount Pleasant is located at the intersection of Delaware routes 71 and 896, north of Middletown. Mount Pleasant is situated 2½ miles south of Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Chesapeake & Delaware Canal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chesapeake and Delaware Canal”
- Chinese: “切萨皮克-特拉华运河”
- Chinese: “切萨皮克及特拉华运河”
- French: “Canal Chesapeake & Delaware”
- Italian: “Canale Chesapeake & Delaware”
- Italian: “Chesapeake and Delaware Canal”
- Japanese: “チェサピーク・アンド・デラウェア運河”
- Russian: “Чесапикско-Делавэрский канал”
- “Chesapeake and Delaware Canal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Little Jersey and Parkside.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Canal Wildlife Area and Mount Pisgah Cemetery.
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