Watershed

Clean watersheds are important to the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay, and the local Fishing Creek watershed, though somewhat small, serves as a nursery and breeding ground for many species of wildlife, making it important to keep watersheds free of trash and pollution. On the southern end of the Chesapeake Beach Boardwalk, more shops and attractions stood, and after 1913 the Long Pier extended far enough into the bay for steamships from Baltimore to dock, discharge passengers, and avoid running aground in the shallow water along the shore. The Dentzel carousel at the south end of the Boardwalk was destroyed by fire in the fall of 1926. Visitors of all ages came to enjoy the beach scenery and attractions and to escape city life and summer humidity. In 1930 the park amusements moved to land adjacent to the Boardwalk and reopened as Seaside Park. A hurricane destroyed the remaining part of the Boardwalk in 1933, but the Long Pier was rebuilt and steamboats continued to use it until passenger service to the Beach ended in the early 1940s. Seaside Park operated until the early years of World War II, closed for several years during the war, and reopened in 1956 under new management as Chesapeake Beach Amusement Park before closing in the early 1970s. The community of Chesapeake Station now occupies the former amusement park site.

Chesapeake Beach, Maryland · United States