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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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<strong>NJ</strong> <strong>Pine</strong>lands National Reserve MCL’s Outliers<br />

Bridgeton on the Cohansey River and Town Bank on the Lower Cape May Peninsula are integral<br />

parts of the <strong>Pine</strong> <strong>Barrens</strong> MCL.<br />

Cohansey River maritime heritage and landscape traces back to the founding days of <strong>NJ</strong>; Town Bank<br />

(aka New England Town, Portsmouth Town, or Falmouth*) was the first whaling<br />

settlement in New Jersey founded by Long Island and New England whalers around the<br />

year 1630. Whaling was the fulcrum of commerce for this early American village.<br />

These two locations evolved, exploited, harvested and traded <strong>NJ</strong>PB natural resources.<br />

* October 1, 1630, ten Dutch patroons were involved in establishing a whaling venture in Delaware Bay<br />

Rancocas Pathways 443

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