Here are your top Waterfront and Water Access picks for Chesapeake City in Cecil County MD as of May 26, 2015. Check out our newset listing at 23 Tower Point Rd in Tower Point. Rarely will you find such great views and the home has been completely updated!
There may be other properties available but we are unable to display them on our site at the selling broker’s option. If you wish a comprehensive list, just contact us at (800)-890-0381. Prices keep being reduced by the sellers and there have been some pretty significant changes. Keep your eye on these posts if you are looking at the Chesapeake City Area as your primary area of interest! If you think you may be interested in Selling your Waterfront or Water Access Home Please request a Free Market Analysis or call us to have us evaluate if now is the correct time.
The town of Chesapeake City was originally named by Bohemian colonist Augustine Herman, the Village of Bohemia (or Bohemia Manor), but the name was changed in 1839 when the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was built. Today, the town contains numerous Historic homes from that era that have been converted into bed and breakfasts, restaurants, and the local historical museum.
The town was separated into north and south sections when the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was built through the middle of the town. The two were connected by a drawbridge until 1942, when it was destroyed by a freighter that struck it. The current bridge opened in 1949.
The new bridge had to be tall enough to allow supertankers to pass beneath it, resulting in a structure so high and long that cars no longer went into the city to cross the canal. Business declined for decades thereafter. Now it is a destination of daytrippers from Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as those who own Eastern Shore Vacation Homes.