ASSAWOMAN CANAL PATH

THE ASSAWOMAN CANAL IS ADJACENT TO BAHAMAS BEACH COTTAGES WITH FOUR OF OUR HOMES BACKING UP TO THE STATE PARK PROPERTY. ASSAWOMAN CANAL IS PART OF DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK. THE 97 ACRE CANAL CONNECTS THE INDIAN RIVER BAY TO THE LITTLE ASSAWOMAN BAY TO THE SOUTH, APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES IN LENGTH. THE CANAL HAS BEEN DREDGED TO ALLOW SMALL TO MEDIUM BOAT TRAFFIC. IT IS A MECCA FOR THOSE WHO KAYAK. ORIGINALLY DUG BY IMMIGRANTS BY HAND IN THE 1850's, IT SERVED FOR BOAT TRAFFIC UNTIL IT BECAME TOO SHALLOW FOR MOST BOATS.

   

THE WALKING/BIKING PATH WILL EXTEND FROM THE WETLANDS OF SOUTH BETHANY TO INDIAN RIVER BAY NEAR WHITE CREEK. IT IS PROPOSED FOR EIGHT FEET WIDE, GRAVEL AND CRUSHED STONE. IT WILL PROBABLY GO UNDER THE JEFFERSON BRIDGE WITH A BOARDWALK.