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www.<strong>whitesbog</strong>.org<br />
W hitesbog<br />
3,000 NJ<br />
Acres<br />
Historic Village<br />
of<br />
Kayak Trails<br />
W hitesbog<br />
H istoric Village<br />
www.<br />
<strong>whitesbog</strong>.org<br />
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W hitesbog Historic<br />
Village<br />
General<br />
Store<br />
Parking<br />
Rest<br />
Rooms<br />
Be<br />
May Not<br />
Passable<br />
Big Tank<br />
Connection<br />
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Union<br />
Pond<br />
Big Reservoir<br />
Big Tank<br />
Not Always<br />
Passable<br />
General<br />
Store<br />
Rest<br />
Rooms<br />
Parking<br />
Little<br />
Tank<br />
Big Tank<br />
Connection<br />
Paddle<br />
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Key<br />
Sand<br />
Beach Access<br />
Point
Old Canal<br />
Union Pond<br />
Paddling Spur<br />
Big Tank<br />
Connection<br />
General Store<br />
Upper<br />
Rome<br />
Pond<br />
Old Canal<br />
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Black and White Drawings<br />
Ref: Library of Congress<br />
National<br />
Park Service Historical Landscape Survey-2004<br />
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Little Tank<br />
Union Pond<br />
Lower Connection<br />
Mirror Lake<br />
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N Branch Rancocas Creek<br />
General Overview of<br />
Whitesbog<br />
Water Flow<br />
(note arrows)<br />
N Branch Rancocas Creek<br />
Old Canal<br />
Old Canal<br />
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N Branch Rancocas Creek<br />
Specific<br />
Whitesbog<br />
Water Flow<br />
N Branch Rancocas Creek<br />
Detailed Works<br />
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Upper<br />
Reservoir<br />
Union Pond<br />
Upper<br />
Rome<br />
Pond<br />
Photo Courtesy:<br />
Larry<br />
Tigar<br />
Mt. Holly Hx Society<br />
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Hanover<br />
Canal<br />
Hanover<br />
Canal<br />
Old<br />
Hanover<br />
Canal<br />
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DO NOT TRESSPASS ON FORT DIX<br />
Hanover<br />
Furnance<br />
Hanover Furnace, (builders Ridgway, Howell, Lacey<br />
and Earl), E of Browns Mill, 1792<br />
furnance<br />
which supported early 19<br />
Brick ruins of<br />
th<br />
industrial community of 200 residents:<br />
centrury<br />
produced<br />
cannon and cannonballs during War of 1812 and<br />
later produced pipe for the Philadelphia Water<br />
Works and other commercial iron products until<br />
1865.<br />
F urnance<br />
fueled by Pine Barrens charcoal.<br />
Iron produced at Hanover Furnace was<br />
smelted from local bog iron.<br />
Canal<br />
Approximate Location<br />
of<br />
Hanover Furnance<br />
Fort Dix Border<br />
ref:<br />
Natioanl<br />
Regesiter<br />
of<br />
Pierce: Iron in the Pines<br />
Historic Places<br />
Canal
Old<br />
Canal<br />
Old<br />
Canal<br />
Union Pond<br />
Paddling Spur<br />
Big Tank Connection<br />
Old<br />
Canal<br />
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Connection<br />
Little Tank<br />
Launch<br />
Big Tank<br />
Launch<br />
Union Pond<br />
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Larry<br />
Tigar<br />
Mt. Holly Hx Society<br />
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Cranberry<br />
Cay<br />
Union Pond<br />
Paddling Spur<br />
Big Tank<br />
Connection<br />
Old Canal<br />
Upper<br />
Rome<br />
Pond<br />
Lower<br />
Connection<br />
Appian<br />
Paddle<br />
Appian<br />
Way<br />
Connection<br />
Old Canal<br />
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Whitesbog<br />
Big Tank Connection<br />
Cranberry<br />
Cay - Big Reservoir<br />
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History<br />
Natural<br />
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T rees:<br />
Acer rubrum (red maple)<br />
A melanchier canadensis (shadbush)<br />
Betula<br />
p opulifolia<br />
(gray birch)<br />
Celtis<br />
o ccidentalis<br />
(hackberry)<br />
Chamaecyparis<br />
t hyoides<br />
(Atlantic white cedar)<br />
Ilex<br />
o paca<br />
(American holly)<br />
Juniperus<br />
v irginiana<br />
(red cedar)<br />
Liquidambar<br />
s tyraciflua<br />
(sweetgum)<br />
Liriodendron<br />
t ulipifera<br />
(tulip tree)<br />
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)<br />
Pinus<br />
r igida<br />
(pitch pine)<br />
Platanus<br />
o ccidentalis<br />
(American sycamore)<br />
Populus<br />
d eltoides<br />
(cottonwood)<br />
Prunus<br />
s erotina<br />
(black cherry)<br />
Quercus<br />
m arilandica<br />
(blackjack oak)<br />
Quercus<br />
i licifolia<br />
(bear oak)<br />
Quercus alba (white oak)<br />
Quercus<br />
p alustris<br />
(pin oak)<br />
Quercus<br />
s tellata<br />
(post oak)<br />
Quercus<br />
v elutina<br />
(black oak)<br />
Shrubs:<br />
Aronia<br />
m elanocarpa<br />
(black chokeberry)<br />
Berberis<br />
t hunbergii<br />
(Japanese barberry)<br />
C alluna vulgaris (heather) 7/10/99 7/27/97<br />
Cephalanthus<br />
o ccidentalis<br />
(buttonbush) 7/27/97<br />
Chamaedaphne<br />
c alyculata<br />
(leatherleaf)<br />
Clethra<br />
a lnifolia<br />
(sweet pepperbush) 7/27/97<br />
Comptonia<br />
p eregrina<br />
( s weetfern)<br />
Decodon<br />
v erticillatus<br />
(swamp loosestrife) 7/27/97<br />
Erica<br />
tetralix<br />
( cross-<br />
leaved heath) 7/27/97<br />
Eubotrys<br />
r acemosa<br />
(fetterbush)<br />
Gaultheria<br />
p rocumbens<br />
(wintergreen)<br />
Gaylussacia<br />
f rondosa<br />
(dangleberry)<br />
Gaylussacia<br />
d umosa<br />
(dwarf huckleberry)<br />
Gaylussacia<br />
b accata<br />
(black huckleberry)<br />
Hudsonia<br />
e ricoides<br />
(golden heather)<br />
Hypericum<br />
s tragulum<br />
(saint Andrew's cross)<br />
Ilex<br />
g labra<br />
(inkberry)<br />
Kalmia angustifolia ( s heepskill)<br />
Kalmia<br />
l atifolia<br />
(mountain laurel)<br />
Leiophyllum<br />
b uxifolium<br />
(sand myrtle)<br />
Lyonia<br />
l igustrina<br />
(maleberry)<br />
Lyonia<br />
m ariana<br />
(staggerbush)<br />
Rhododendron<br />
v iscosum<br />
(swamp azalea) 7/10/99 7/27/97<br />
Rhododendron<br />
v iscosum<br />
forma<br />
g laucum<br />
(swamp azalea) (this forma not in GC)<br />
Rhus<br />
c opallina<br />
(winged sumac)<br />
R<br />
f ilamentosa (Adam's needle)<br />
R ushes:<br />
Juncus<br />
b iflorus<br />
(rush) 7/27/97<br />
Juncus<br />
canadensis (rush) 7/27/97 near<br />
Juncus<br />
d ichotomus<br />
(rush)<br />
Juncus<br />
e ffusus<br />
var.<br />
s olutus<br />
(soft rush)<br />
Juncus<br />
p elocarpus<br />
var.<br />
pelocarpus<br />
(rush) 7/27/97 near<br />
Juncus<br />
s cirpoides<br />
(rush)<br />
J uncus tenuis var. tenuis (path rush)<br />
S edges:<br />
Carex<br />
a tlantica<br />
(sedge)<br />
Carex<br />
b arrattii<br />
(sedge)<br />
Carex<br />
p ensylvanica<br />
(Pennsylvania sedge)<br />
Carex<br />
s triata<br />
(sedge)<br />
Cyperus<br />
d entatus<br />
(umbrella sedge)<br />
Cyperus<br />
g rayi<br />
(umbrella sedge)<br />
Cyperus<br />
r etrorsus<br />
(umbrella sedge)<br />
Dulichium<br />
arundinaceum<br />
( three-<br />
way sedge) 7/27/97<br />
Eleocharis<br />
m icrocarpa<br />
( s pikerush)<br />
E leocharis tenuis<br />
( s pikerush)<br />
Eleocharis<br />
t uberculosa<br />
( s pikerush)<br />
Eriophorum<br />
virginicum<br />
(tawny cotton grass) 7/10/97<br />
R hynchospora alba (white b eakrush)<br />
7/10/99 near; 7/27/97<br />
Rhynchospora<br />
c apitellata<br />
( b eakrush)<br />
7/10/99 7/27/97<br />
R hynchospora pallida<br />
( b eakrush)<br />
7/10/99<br />
Scirpus<br />
cyperinus<br />
(woolly grass bulrush) 7/27/97 near<br />
S cleria minor<br />
( n utrush)<br />
Scleria<br />
t riglomerata<br />
( n utrush)<br />
G rasses:<br />
Agrostis<br />
hyemalis<br />
v ar.scabra<br />
(ticklegrass)<br />
Andropogon<br />
v irginicus<br />
var.<br />
a bbreviatus<br />
(bushy broom sedge<br />
grass)<br />
Andropogon<br />
v irginicus<br />
var.<br />
v irginicus<br />
(broom sedge grass)<br />
Anthoxanthum<br />
o doratum<br />
(sweet vernal grass)<br />
Dactylis<br />
g lomeratus<br />
(orchard grass)<br />
Danthonia<br />
s ericea<br />
( downy o atgrass)<br />
Danthonia<br />
s picata<br />
( poverty o atgrass)<br />
Digitaria<br />
s anguinalis<br />
(crab grass)<br />
Eragrostis<br />
c urvula<br />
( weeping l ovegrass)<br />
Festuca pratensis (meadow fescue)<br />
Holcus<br />
l anatus<br />
(velvet grass)<br />
Panicum<br />
c landestinum<br />
(deer tongue grass)<br />
Panicum<br />
virgatum<br />
(switch grass) 7/27/97 near<br />
Phleum<br />
p ratense<br />
(timothy grass) 7/10/99<br />
Phragmites<br />
a ustralis<br />
(giant reed grass)<br />
Schizachyrium<br />
s coparium<br />
var.<br />
s coparium<br />
(little bluestem<br />
grass)<br />
Sorghastrum<br />
n utans<br />
(Indian grass)<br />
Full<br />
T rees:<br />
Acer rubrum (red maple)<br />
A melanchier canadensis (shadbush)<br />
Betula<br />
p opulifolia<br />
(gray birch)<br />
Lists of<br />
V ines:<br />
Apios<br />
a mericana<br />
(groundnut)<br />
C uscuta sp. (dodder)<br />
P arthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)<br />
Smilax<br />
rotundifolia<br />
( round-<br />
leaved greenbrier)<br />
Smilax<br />
g lauca<br />
( s awbrier)<br />
Stylisma<br />
p ickeringii<br />
var.<br />
p ickeringii<br />
(Pickering's<br />
morning glory) 7/10/99 7/27/97<br />
T oxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)<br />
Vitis<br />
a estivalis<br />
(summer grape)<br />
H erbs:<br />
Achillea<br />
m illefolium<br />
(yarrow) 7/10/99<br />
Ambrosia<br />
a rtemisiifolia<br />
(common ragweed)<br />
A pocynum x f loribundum<br />
(dogbane)<br />
( a ndrosaemiifolium<br />
x c annabinum)<br />
7/10/99<br />
7/27/97<br />
Arctostaphylos<br />
uva-u rsi<br />
(bearberry)<br />
Arenaria<br />
c aroliniana<br />
(pine barren sandwort)<br />
7/27/97<br />
Asclepias<br />
a mplexicaulis<br />
(milkweed)<br />
Asclepias<br />
t uberosa<br />
(butterfly weed) 7/10/99<br />
Aster<br />
s pectabilis<br />
(showy aster) 1 7/27/97<br />
Aster pat<br />
W hitesbog<br />
Flora and Fauna<br />
http://nynjctbotany.org/njoptofc/whitebog.html<br />
F erns and Fern Allies:<br />
Equisetum<br />
a rvense<br />
(field horsetail)<br />
Lycopodium<br />
a lopecuroides<br />
(foxtail bog clubmoss)<br />
Lycopodium<br />
a ppressum<br />
(appressed bog clubmoss)<br />
Lycopodium<br />
c arolinianum<br />
(slender bog clubmoss)<br />
Asplenium<br />
p latyneuron<br />
(ebony spleenwort)<br />
Botrychium<br />
d issectum<br />
( dissected g rapefern)<br />
Botrychium<br />
matricariifolium<br />
( daisy-<br />
leaved<br />
g rapefern)<br />
Botrychium<br />
v irginianum<br />
( rattlesnake g rapefern)<br />
Onoclea<br />
s ensibilis<br />
(sensitive fern)<br />
Ophioglossum<br />
v ulgatum<br />
(northern adder's tongue)<br />
Osmunda<br />
c innamomea<br />
(cinnamon fern)<br />
Osmunda<br />
r egalis<br />
(royal fern)<br />
P teridium aquilinum (bracken fern)<br />
Woodwardia virginica (Virginia chain fern)<br />
Woodwardia<br />
a reolata<br />
(netted chain fern)<br />
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Credits<br />
Numerous<br />
Larry<br />
Tigar<br />
people have helped put the “ W hitesbog<br />
Paddling Guide” together.<br />
Tip of the hat to all involved.<br />
Karl, Arlene and Allison, Much obliged.<br />
from Mt. Holly Hx Society extend a Mega Tip of Hat for Flood Photos<br />
Others, nameless at their request, paddle down<br />
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