Indian River Bay is a body of water in Sussex County, Delaware.
A natural waterway that shifted up and down a two-mile (3.2 km) stretch of the coast until 1928, the inlet was kept in its current location by dredging between 1928 and 1937, and in 1938 was fixed in place by the construction of jetties.
[2] Boating, fishing, shellfishing, and crabbing are among the most common recreational uses of Indian River Bay.
[3] Most pollution of the Indian River Bay is due to agricultural and urban runoff.
The first requires cutting an inlet through Delaware Seashore State Park, which would involve building a bridge and jetty.