Little Egg Harbor
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Little Egg Harbor | |
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Location | New Jersey |
Coordinates | 39°34′54″N 74°16′11″W / 39.581547°N 74.26981°W |
Type | Bay |
Little Egg Harbor is a brackish bay along the coast of southeast New Jersey. It was originally called Egg Harbor by the Dutch sailors because of the eggs found in nearby gull nests.
The bay is part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The historical spelling for the bay is "Little Egg Harbour" as found on maps provide by Rutgers University:[1] 1706, 1775, 1777, 1784, 1795, 1826, and 1834.
Tributaries
- Tuckerton Creek
- Westecunk Creek
References
- ^ "New Jersey Historical Maps". mapmaker.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
External links
- ReClam the Bay RCTB is a grass roots volunteer non-profit environmental organization which grows and plants millions of clams and oysters in an effort to reclaim Barneget Bay and Little Egg Harbor.
- Nautical Chart of Little Egg Harbor
- Nutrient Concentrations in Surface Water and Groundwater, and Nitrate Source Identification Using Stable Isotope Analysis in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Watershed, New Jersey, 2010-11
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