NJ Pine Barrens Maritime-Culture-Landscape 1 1 2024
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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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Mt. Holly’s Flood Control Bypass Channel 1941- 1944<br />

October 2, 1940 at 11:45 AM<br />

Mr. Mark Reynolds, Chair of Mt. Holly, <strong>NJ</strong> Flood<br />

Committee accompanied by <strong>NJ</strong> Senators and<br />

Representatives meet with President Franklin Roosevelt<br />

and others to capture and control floods that commonly<br />

ripped through the Rancocas Valley community of Mt.<br />

Holly.<br />

The result the Mt. Holly Flood Control Bypass Channel<br />

Reference: Pare Lorentz Center, FDR Library<br />

1938 Mt. Holly Flood Photos Courtesy of Larry Tigar,<br />

Mt. Holly Historical Society<br />

Note: Mount Holly Flood Channel Maintenance Schedules “Omitted” from Final Federal Contract.<br />

Maintenance Schedules Sent to Mt. Holly in 1947 in a letter of US Army Apologizing for “Omission”. See National Archives Files Flood Mt. Holly Flood Channel<br />

1/4/<strong>2024</strong> 4 Rancocas Creek National Water Trail Nomination 217

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