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Among the major rivers in New Jersey are the Manasquan, Maurice, Mullica, Passaic, Rahway, Raritan, Musconetcong, Hudson and Delaware rivers. Throughout history, the Delaware and Raritan rivers have played a crucial role in transporting goods and people from the Atlantic Ocean into the inland areas, and they were once connected by the Delaware ...
A spillway dam in Summit. Passaic River Parkway, often called Passaic River Park, [1] is a linear park along the banks of the Passaic River in Union County, New Jersey.It is one of the three "emerald necklaces" in the Union County Park System, the others being Rahway River Parkway and Elizabeth River Parkway.
As of 2024, New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 564 [2] municipalities consisting of five types: 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 240 townships, and four villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark, with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township, with seven residents. [3]
The Passaic River (/ p ə ˈ s eɪ. ɪ k / pə-SAY-ik or locally / p ə ˈ s eɪ k / pə-SAYK [2]) is a river, approximately 80 miles (130 km) long, [3] in northern New Jersey.The river in its upper course flows in a highly circuitous route, meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburban northern New Jersey, called the Great Swamp, draining much of the ...
Tangent Park is a park operated by Birch Hills County located 24 kilometres southwest of the Town of Peace River, and 33 kilometres northwest of Tangent on Highway 740 within the Peace River Wildland Provincial Park. It is adjacent to the Peace River and offers full hook ups, kitchen shelter, group picnic area, group camping area, tenting area ...
Newark Riverfront Park is a park and promenade being developed in phases along the Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Essex County Park System . The park, expected to be 3 miles (4.8 km) long and encompass 30.5 acres (12.3 ha), [ 2 ] is being created from brownfield and greyfield sites along the river, which ...
Great Piece Meadows is a 7,100-acre (29 km 2) fresh water swamp located in the towns of Lincoln Park, Montville, and Fairfield in New Jersey. [1] The wooded swamp is mostly inside the bow of the Passaic River which floods during the year from heavy rain or heavy snow melt. The meadows are part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. [2]
Peace River Corridor Provincial Park is a 2014 ha provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the banks of the Peace River, at the confluence with Kiskatinaw River, downstream from Taylor. It is in the Boreal White and Black Spruce biogeoclimatic zone within the Peace Lowlands ecosection.