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Damaged in 1920 by storms, it was replaced by the current structure in 1926. This light effectively replaced the 1767 Cape Henlopen Light, which was abandoned in 1924 and fell into the sea in 1926. [3] At certain places around the breakwater, the waters can be up to 70 feet deep to accommodate large ships that would anchor in the harbor.
Carlisle House: April 22, 1982 : 205 S. Front St. Milford: 24: Capt. Ebe Chandler House: Capt. Ebe Chandler House ... East of Lewes at Cape Henlopen Lewes: 37 ...
Looking north from Herring Point. Cape Henlopen State Park is a 5,193 acre (21 km 2) Delaware state park on Cape Henlopen. William Penn made the beaches of Cape Henlopen one of the first public lands established in what has become the United States in 1682 with the declaration that Cape Henlopen would be for "the usage of the citizens of Lewes and Sussex County."
The Delaware Breakwater is a set of breakwaters east of Lewes, Delaware on Cape Henlopen that form Lewes Harbor. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976. The original 1,700-foot (520 m) and 2,800-foot (850 m) breakwaters were built in 1828. [ 1 ]
Lewes is served by the Cape Henlopen School District. [28] The Lewes School District was consolidated into the Cape Henlopen district in 1969. [29] Lewes is zoned to: Richard Shields Elementary School [30] Cape Henlopen High School (in an unincorporated area with a Lewes address), the sole comprehensive high school of the district
Cape Henlopen Archeological District is a national historic district located near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. The district includes seven contributing sites. They are a discontinuous series of discrete shell middens of varying sizes and cultural affiliation. They date from approximately 500 B.C. to 1600 A.D. [2]
Arriving via Dover Air Force Base and flying to Cape Henlopen State Park on Marine One, President Biden visited his Delaware beach home for President's Day weekend. On Saturday, President Biden stopped by at Henlopen City Oyster House for lunch and attended Mass at St. Edmond Catholic Church. California
Wetlands seen along Canary Creek near Lewes.. The Cape Region is situated on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.A large portion of the region is low-lying Southern swamps and wetlands, notably found in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Henlopen State Park, and along Delaware Route 1 within Delaware Seashore State Park.