Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

noun

1. a canal between N Delaware and NE Maryland, connecting the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. About 19 miles (31 km) long.

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From Annapolis, the ship will sail north to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and go out through Delaware Bay to reach the Atlantic Ocean.

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They were traveling to a football game when they took a wrong turn and wound up on a gravel road along the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

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The driver helped a 16-year-old girl to safety before he died in an attempt to rescue three boys, two of whom were found dead after the car was pulled from the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Delaware State Police said.

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Delaware State Police say five people in all were in the car when it went into the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal shortly after 9:40 a.m.

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Delaware State Police are investigating why and how the car entered the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

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