Chesapeake City Basin Area

The Chesapeake City Basin Area, circa 1958

 

Here’s an over-head view of the Basin area, with parts of north and south Chesapeake City. At bottom left is the fire house before it was doubled, with Lock Street extending past Schaefer’s at right. Note the Basin area before the Chesapeake Inn was built. At top left is the Back Creek stream running under the small stone bridge where as a kid I hooked school to fish all day for yellow neds, catfish and carp. This stream runs up to the back creek mill pond. John Sager said that he saw the mill in operation when he was a boy. Note City Dock at middle right. How different it is compared to the Pell Gardens of today.