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NJ Pine Barrens Maritime-Culture-Landscape 1 1 2024

Pine Barrens forests, striking waterways, narrow lakes, bogs, ghost towns, furnaces and more. NJ Pinelands National Reserve landscape tells the tale of a time when glaciers covered this land, when ship-building towns ruled, when Ben Franklin spoke of preserving the one million acres of the Pine Barrens, when pirates sailed and where NJ sets the standard of heritage. This 500 page presentation of the Pinelands National Reserve maritime cultural landscapes, shows a great expanse of time. It includes six major Pinelands National Reserve watersheds: Rancocas Creek, Toms River, Mullica River, Great Egg Harbor River, Maurice River, Cohansey River. Explore, discover, enjoy a peek into the Pinelands National Reserve fascinating maritime landscapes, more often forgotten than remembered. A step back in time, a step forward to the future.

Pine Barrens forests, striking waterways, narrow lakes, bogs, ghost towns, furnaces and more.
NJ Pinelands National Reserve landscape tells the tale of a time when glaciers covered this land, when ship-building towns ruled, when Ben Franklin spoke of preserving the one million acres of the Pine Barrens, when pirates sailed and where NJ sets the standard of heritage. This 500 page presentation of the Pinelands National Reserve maritime cultural landscapes, shows a great expanse of time. It includes six major Pinelands National Reserve watersheds: Rancocas Creek, Toms River, Mullica River, Great Egg Harbor River, Maurice River, Cohansey River. Explore, discover, enjoy a peek into the Pinelands National Reserve fascinating maritime landscapes, more often forgotten than remembered. A step back in time, a step forward to the future.

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1863 Description of the <strong>Pine</strong> <strong>Barrens</strong><br />

Tract of land embraces several of the main sources of the<br />

Rancocas Creek which empties into the Delaware River<br />

below Burlington. The principle <strong>Pine</strong> Barren streams by<br />

which it is watered are Pole Bridge, Cranberry, North,<br />

Middle and South Branches and the McDonalds Branch.<br />

The first the most easterly source of the Rancocas and<br />

interlocks with streams flowing into Egg Harbor Bay.<br />

Forks of the<br />

Rancocas<br />

Creek<br />

The company has designed three villages at Woodmansie,<br />

Mount Relief and Brown’s Mills, in close proximity to<br />

Hanover Furnace.<br />

Browns Mills…<br />

Rancocas Creek…<br />

Egg Harbor Bay…<br />

Rancocas Pathways 109

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