“Fenwick Island has the appearance of a cape from the sea,” William Burton reported in 1740, “but as it is approached, that appearance vanishes, and there is no cape at all. That is, by some people, ...
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“Today’s Fenwick Island, a thriving resort,” the Smyrna Times reported on Sept.3, 1959, “bears little resemblance to the earlier Fenwick Island, which had few inhabitants and was, at times barely ...
When I was growing up, my family of five and I would pile up in our car and drive down to Delaware for a fun-filled summer. You always knew you were getting close when you began to see the Fenwick ...
Southern Delaware has its own unique maritime past. For over 150 years the Fenwick Island Lighthouse has stood watch over that Delaware beach point. First Experience takes us around the landmark that ...
“This day also very tempestuous,” John Watson wrote in his journal on Dec. 21, 1750, shortly after his arrival on the mainland opposite Fenwick Island. Watson was an experienced surveyor who had done ...
Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has approved plans for a 24-slip marina in Lighthouse Cove near Fenwick Island. Despite opposition from neighbors that a marina ...
FENWICK ISLAND, Del. (AP) - The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs is planning to restore a historic lighthouse keeper's house that was built in 1882. Planning Manager Lynn Riley ...
F enwick Island has long been coupled with Bethany Beach as one of "the quiet resorts," meaning in contrast to Ocean City. But not surprisingly, given its position between the two -- and the ...