The
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (
C&D Canal) is a -long, -wide and -deep
ship canal that connects the
Delaware River with the
Chesapeake Bay in the states of
Delaware and
Maryland in the
United States. The C&D Canal is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District. The project office in
Chesapeake City, Maryland, is also the site of the C&D Canal Museum and Bethel Bridge Lighthouse.