Join one of the Miss Clare Tours as Captain Ralph Hazel,
a direct descendant of a mid-19th century steam boat captain, talks
about the distinct culture of Chesapeake City, "...the city a canal built."
Experience this fascinating historic excursion by water of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the Upper Chesapeake Bay.

 

 

 

 

 

     Simply brimming with history, Capt. Hazel's narrated tour takes in the world's largest lock waterwheel, ocean ships and tugs sailing the 14-mile canal, and the Bayard House which, built in 1780, is believed to be the town's oldest building.

     Relive the events of the famous Hole-in- the-Wall Tavern, where Irish immigrants lodged and reveled each evening after a day of digging the canal by hand. Look at the area where in 1942 a German freighter veered off course and shattered the steel drawbridge which spanned the canal.