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Channel Pointe in West Fenwick Island

Will this marshland area eventually sink like New Orleans?

Is it possible? Who knows? But New Orleans was above level when it was originally built – on what was once marshland. Not many people know that. However, in 1895 only 5% of the city had sunk to below sea level / by 1935 it was about 35%. Today, half of New Orleans is below sea level.

Channel Pointe Development in West Fenwick
The Channel Pointe development in West Fenwick is surrounded by marshland.

How does something like that happen? Soil in a marshy area contains a large amount of ground water. When the surface gets compacted by buildings, and covered with roofs, roads, driveways and parking areas, that groundwater begins to dry out – leaving voids (myriad small “holes”). When those voids get compressed from above the ground subsides (sinks) to fill in those spaces.

It will be interesting to see this area of land being developed and marketed. The website for this project is at Live Channel Pointe (.com). More information: “Carl M. Freeman Companies and Schell Brothers Announce Partnership at Channel Pointe.”

These two companies will, undoubtedly, bring a first-class experience to the area just west of Fenwick Island. They have a reputation for quality and are certain to not disappoint.

But will Channel Point eventually be known as Little New Orleans. Probably not – but who really knows?

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West Fenwick Island Restaurants

Casual, fine dining and carry-out along Route 54.

bowl of crab soup
Maryland Crab Soup

This list represents West Fenwick Island Restaurants and eateries with all levels of food and snacks along Route 54, Lighthouse Road, from Coastal Highway, Route1, to Williamsville, about five miles inland from the beach. Restaurants along Route 1, Coastal Hwy are found at Fenwick Island Restaurants.

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Nice lumps of crab meat in this crabcake
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Fenwick Island Restaurants

Casual, fine dining and carry-out in Fenwick Island.

Listed alphabetically, these Fenwick Island Restaurants are places with all levels of food and/or snacks along Coastal Highway (Rt 1) and Lighthouse Road (Rt 54) west to the Fenwick Ditch. West Fenwick eateries are continued on the page, Dining on Route 54.

crab claw vertical
One crab claw reaching for the sky…
  • Bahama’s Crabshack Carryout Seafood
  • Crepes and Crazes
  • Dirty Harry’s Restaurant & Bakery
  • Fenwick Crab House
  • Fisher’s Popcorn
  • Grab & Go Taco
  • Harpoon Hanna’s Restaurant
  • High Stakes Bar & Grill
  • Jimmy’s Kitchen
  • Just Hooked
  • Our Harvest
  • Kohr Bros Frozen Custard
  • Mancini’s Brick Oven Pizzeria & Restaurant
  • Matteo’s Salsa Loco
  • One Coastal
  • Royal Farms
  • Surf’s Edge Deli
  • Twilley’s Willys, Village of Fenwick
  • Warren’s Station

In addition to Fenwick Island Restaurants, also visit Ocean City online.

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West Fenwick Real Estate Communities

Living here: communities and developments in West Fenwick and the Fenwick Island area.

This list contains “some” of the West Fenwick real estate established communities and new developments mostly along the Route 54 corridor. West Fenwick Island, with its wonderful location has become a very popular place in which to live over the last two decades. This following is a representative sample of local real estate* communities but is not a comprehensive list.

  • Ashley Manor – newer established community four miles from the beach just west on Route 20 from Route 54.
  • Bayview Landing – newer established community with individual homes and townhomes only two miles from the beach.
  • Bayside (Live Bayside) – huge community that has been under development for many years.
  • Bayville Shores –
  • Cape Windsor – older, established “canal” homes community close to the beach.
  • Channel Pointe – Discover luxury living at Channel Pointe, Fenwick Island’s most exclusive new-home community.
  • Keenwick Sound – Large, established community of single-family canal homes on the south side of Rt. 54 about two miles inland.
  • Mallard Lakes – older, established and meticulously maintained community with each townhome backing to a lake.
  • Seashore Villas – located three miles from the beach behind the Royal farms on Route 54.
  • Shady Park – older, well-maintained trailer park next to The Grove
  • Swann Cove
  • Swann Keys – canal front trailer and modular home community behind Shady Park.
  • The Overlook – beautiful new homes and community behind Mallard Lakes.
  • The Refuge at Dirickson Creek
  • The Grove at Fenwick Island
  • Teaberry Woods – Attractive older community of single family homes nestled among the trees on the south side of 54 about 2 1/2 miles from the beach.
  • Treasure Beach RV Park & Campground – a long-established and very large three-season resort community for RVs and camping.
Fenwick Real Estate Bayview Landing Community
Community/Development of Bayview Landing which, of course had neither a bay view nor is it a landing. 🙂

Disclaimer

  • WestFenwick.com is NOT a real estate website. We offer nothing for sale that is real estate related. Should you have questions regarding homes, rentals, buying, selling or investing in real property you should contact a licensed real estate agent or broker or visit a local real estate office. Some of the local developments have offices onsite with realtors or licensed company representatives who can assist you.

Social Media for West Fenwick Real Estate

The West Fenwick Facebook Page is at https://www.facebook.com/WestFenwickIsland/

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About West Fenwick Island

Is there really a “West Fenwick” place?

There really is no “West Fenwick” except as a term many of us use to define our neighborhood (or set of neighborhoods) just to the west of Fenwick Island, Delaware. As far as we know, there is no official geographical designation or legal jurisdiction of West Fenwick; it is more a descriptive term of endearment than an official “place.” But we still love living here and this small website will share some of why we think this is a wonderful place – West Fenwick or not. 🙂

Come on Pretty Mama…

…enjoy the many beautiful crepe myrtle bushes/trees that are see along all the streets and roads during August and September – turning the entire area into a “Secret Garden” of your own.

PLEASE NOTE

Please note that we do not sell anything on this site. We do provide information about products and/or services and links to merchants selling those products and/or services. We may earn a small commission if you make a specific purchase after clicking on one of those links.

Sunrise Over West Fenwick Island

We also maintain advertising relationships with third-party suppliers. We may earn a finder’s fee, an advertising fee or a commission from those suppliers.

We also enjoy patronizing some of the places we mention and using some of the products that we may display. However we do not specifically recommend any product and/or service that you may see on this website. WestFenwick.com exists only for informational purposes. You should always carefully consider making any purchase online – and always read the terms of service (TOS) and Privacy Policy of the merchant from whom you are contemplating making a purchase, visiting, or contracting for a service.

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Privacy Policy at West Fenwick

The privacy of our visitors to WestFenwick.com is important to us. Period.

At WestFenwick.com, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit WestFenwick.com, and how we safeguard your information. We never sell your personal information to third parties.

Log Files

As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL, Comcast Cable or Verizon DSL), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Cookies and Web Beacons

We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums.

We also use third party advertisements on WestFenwick.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing beach real estate ads to someone interested in vacationing at the beach, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

DoubleClick DART cookies

We also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements). This cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”). The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history (For example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting Baltimore or Philadelphia, you may see Baltimore or Philadelphia hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, such as on a site about swimming or golf). DART uses “non personally identifiable information”. It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers. You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx

You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.

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Buying Crabs Online

Yes, you can buy live crabs online and have them delivered to your door. 

Love hot steamed crabs at the beach? Now you can have that same beachy taste no matter where you are. The Crab PlaceTM in Crisfield*, Maryland, sells and ships both live and steamed crabs, crab cakes and more to just about anywhere across the country. They can do the same for you at your home address – so you can enjoy a little bit of “the beach” no matter where you live.

One Bushel Live Jumbo Maryland Blue Crabs (Male)

Buy live jumbo Maryland blue crabs online and start planning your live jumbo blue crab feast today! Fresh caught live jumbo Maryland blue crabs measure 6″ to 6¾”. One Bushel of live jumbo blue crabs contains approximately 60 live jumbo blue crabs. Click here, for current live jumbo blue crab prices…(removed).

One Bushel Live Jumbo Maryland Blue Crabs (Female)

Get your live jumbo female blue crab feast started! Our live jumbo female blue crabs measure 6″ and up and one bushel of live jumbo female blue crabs contains approx. 60 live jumbo female blue crabs per bushel. To check current live jumbo female blue crab prices, click here…(removed).

* Crisfield, MD, is oft’ referred to as “The Crab Capital of the World.”

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Order Crabcakes Online

Yes, it is possible to have great crab cakes at any time of the year.

You can easily make crabcakes yourself or buy them online and have them delivered right to your door.

Not just bayside crab cakes – but crab meat from Blue Crabs caught in the Chesapeake Bay. The Crab Place in Crisfield, Maryland, is dedicated to delivering the freshest, award-winning Maryland seafood from their docks to the customer’s door – your door. Note that this is real Maryland crab meat – not that imported stuff that many places use.

Maryland Crab Cakes

Not only crabcakes – but much more… 

The Crab Place can deliver everything you need for a delicious seafood feast including blue crabs, lobsters, lobster tails, king crab legs, snow crab legs, crab cakes, crab meat, soft shell crabs, gulf shrimp, fresh fish, crawfish, sea scallops, oysters, clams, soups, sauces, seasonings, cookbooks, breaded seafood, gourmet seafood. Gift cards and gift certificates are also available.

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Mancini’s Italian Restaurant and Brick Oven Pizzeria in Fenwick Island

Fine dining in Fenwick Island? You betcha!

The last time we visited Mancini’s we had a party of six – and can call it a “party” because we were celebrating two birthdays (all week). One of the birthday girls sent us the following email describing our dinner and why she likes dining at Mancini’s while visiting at the beach.

“Mancini’s Italian Restaurant and Brick Oven Pizzeria on Fenwick Island is that rare combination of old world charm, attentive service, and excellent cuisine, which makes it a true gem in this mid-Atlantic resort area. Our party sampled a variety of its offerings, and all were excellent. We began our journey with a number of appetizers, to include the roasted garlic bulb; bruschetta covered with either marinated tomatoes and flaked crabmeat, sun-dried tomato pesto and roasted pepper, or marinated tomatoes with mozzarella; and heirloom tomatoes topped with mozzarella. All were wonderful.

Then we each selected a different entree: brick oven pizza; Linguini Con Scampi; Capellini Ai Frutti Di Mare; Capellini Con Pollo and Carciofi; and (Wayne’s pasta, not sure what it was*). Each was excellent. Salad and fresh baked bread were included with the meals, and the house wines were quite good. A wonderful meal in a delightful location.”

This writer agrees with the birthday girl’s observations and has always enjoyed dining at Mancini’s. We love the Italian Restaurant part of the name and really enjoy the Brick Oven Pizza part – and we seem to enjoy them in that order, hence we take liberty with their name. The actual name, as it appears on their website and on their sign, is Mancini’s Brick Oven Pizzeria & Restaurant.

Mancini’s Brick Oven Pizzeria and Restaurant is an upscale place to dine in Fenwick Island at 907 Coastal Highway (302-537-4224). That’s on the ocean side of the highway about nine blocks north of the MD-DE line.
*Wayne’s pasta dish was the Bolognese.
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Sussex County Landmarks on Greeting Cards

“Framing quality” cards with scenes of Indian River Bridge, Fire Control Towers and more…

With many different scenes available, these greeting cards are 5″x7″ in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface with a semi-gloss finish and are even SUITABLE FOR FRAMING.

The inside of each card has a matte finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.

These greeting cards are very reasonably priced and available as singles or in packs of 10 or 25. They usually ship within 1-2 days. Order yours now at https://bill.pixels.com/shop/greeting+cards.