Little Egg Harbor is a brackish bay along the coast of southeast New Jersey. It was originally called Egg Harbor by the Dutch sailors because of the eggs found in nearby gull nests.
| Little Egg Harbor | |
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 Map showing location of Little Egg Harbor | |
  Little Egg Harbor | |
| Location | New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39°34′54″N 74°16′11″W / 39.581547°N 74.26981°W |
| Type | Bay |
The bay is part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The historical spelling for the bay is "Little Egg Harbour" as found on maps provide by Rutgers University:[1] 1706, 1775, 1777, 1784, 1795, 1826, and 1834.
Tributaries edit
- Tuckerton Creek
- Westecunk Creek
References edit
- ^ "New Jersey Historical Maps". mapmaker.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
External links edit
- ReClam the Bay RCTB is a grass roots volunteer non-profit environmental organization which grows and plants millions of clams and oysters in an effort to reclaim Barneget Bay and Little Egg Harbor.
- Nautical Chart of Little Egg Harbor
- Nutrient Concentrations in Surface Water and Groundwater, and Nitrate Source Identification Using Stable Isotope Analysis in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Watershed, New Jersey, 2010-11
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