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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> Department of Conservation and Economic Development confirmed the presence of sunken craft<br />

near Burlington County’s Hermann City, a <strong>NJ</strong> shipbuilding center in the early 1800’s. Howard I. Chapelle<br />

director of transportation of The Smithsonian Institution and advisor to the State of <strong>NJ</strong> said “coastal<br />

sailing vessels carried iron and glass products from Batsto Village to regional markets in the Mid-<br />

Atlantic and along the Eastern Seaboard”.<br />

Salvatore A. Bontempo Commissioner said of the work “Marine Archeology is still in its early stages,<br />

Our main objective is pursuing further research into maritime connections w New Jersey’s early days”.<br />

Reference: NYTimes Newspaper 12 July 1959<br />

Mullica River – Hermann City<br />

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