Bowers Beach: A Party Town Turned Quiet and Charming
Along the Murderkill River in Bowers Beach In the 1800s, Bowers Beach was one of many popular resorts along the Delaware Bay. While some of the other bayfront resorts began to decline in the late 1800s or early 1900s, Bowers Beach continued to thrive into the first half of the 20 th century. Why? It was considered the fishing capital of the Delaware Bay. By the 1940s, over 100 “party boats” offered holiday-seekers a combination of drinking and fishing. An article in Delmarva Now explains that Bowers Beach was “a full-blown party town with bars, hotels, a dance hall, and a casino.” By the 1960s, however, overfishing ended the party boats and party-town atmosphere, leaving a town that’s friendly and charming. I’ve read that Bowers Beach Maritime Museum is one of the nicest museums on the Delaware Bayshore Byway, but when we visited it was closed. It’s in an adorable 1800s house on Main Street. Bowers Beach Maritime Museum It’s normally open Saturdays and Sundays, 2-4 PM, from Memo...