Sassafras River, MD to Delaware City, DE

Sassafras River starts in DE, then flows through MD

There is a Sassafras Riverkeeper: https://www.shorerivers.org/sassafras

On Sassafras, just east of Betterton near the inland pond, we wonder if this boat is also a Bruce Roberts design, a metal hull

Still morning on the Sass. We kayaked to the shore, to the pond, saw vulture hanging out and sunning themselves.

Now out of the river heading north, from safely outside the channel, ships sneak up.

T here are a few houses on cliffs at the mouth of the Sassafras. Notice the area on the right has stone on the shoreline and trees established above them, holding the soil in place, while next door area has nothing. Having rocks deposited is expensive, I'm sure.

Pre-canal channel buoys are close together. We follow just outside the channel to stay out of way of ship traffic, until we have to go inside the buoys by the Elk River.

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On C&D Canal:

Back Creek Mooring Basin

Schaefer's restaurant in the shadow of the Chesapeake City Bridge.

The Route 1 Roth bridge then the old Route 13 St Georges bridge. I love the old next the new.

Chesapeake City Chesapeake Inn was hoppin', but too shallow for us

The train lift bridge would be too low for us if it were down, but the radio is quiet now - no sign of train.

I missed some bridges, but this is Reedy Point Bridge below. The last bridge before exiting the canal to the Delaware River (Bay). We'll take a left and go north to entrance to Delaware City - old canal branch.

Below, The entrance to Delaware City branch canal, is too shallow for us now since the water is below the crossbars on the green daymarker. We'll anchor for an hour or 2.

We are not alone, ship at the port of Delaware City.