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As a line paralleling the New Jersey coastline, the North Jersey Coast Line received exceptionally severe damage from Hurricane Sandy on October 29–30, 2012. Track was washed out in several places from Perth Amboy southward, most notably between South Amboy and Aberdeen-Matawan stations, where the line runs closest to the Atlantic Ocean.
Lake Lefferts (Latitude: 40.414552, Longitude: -74.234589) is an man-made lake in Matawan, New Jersey. [2] The lake is the result of the construction in 1928 of Lake Lefferts Dam, which captured and stored the flow of Matawan Creek. The lake is home to sunnies, bluegill, crappie, bass, catfish, and pickerel. Near Ravine Drive is a recreational ...
Mallards on Wawayanda Lake 2,167 acres (8.77 km 2 ) Wawayanda Swamp Natural Area is an Atlantic white cedar swamp with a mixed oak-hardwood forest and a lake and Laurel Pond. 399 acres (1.61 km 2 ) Wawayanda Hemlock Ravine Natural Area is a 300 feet (91 m) ravine formed by Doublekill Creek surrounded by a hemlock and mixed hardwood forest.
The lake was deeded over to the State of New Jersey with the other parts of the Morris Canal System in 1924. Boating, fishing, and ice fishing are popular recreational activities on this lake. The lake covers 329 acres (1.33 km 2 ), with a mean depth of approximately 5 feet (1.5 m) and a maximum depth of 10 feet (3.0 m).
New Jersey: A. J. Meerwald (state tall ship) 1998 [9] [10] North Carolina: Shad boat (state historical boat) 1987 [11] [12]
In 1969, the New Jersey Legislature established Corson's Inlet State Park to protect and preserve one of the last undeveloped areas of land along the New Jersey coastline. [1] Since then, the park has been managed by Belleplain State Forest. In 2012, the park received a $5,850 federal grant to construct a 300 ft (91 m) boardwalk trail that ...
One of the first documented team boats in commercial service in the United States was "put in service in 1814 on a run between Brooklyn and Manhattan." [1] It took "8 to 18 minutes to cross the East River and carried an average of 200 passengers, plus horses and vehicles." [1] Team boats served New York City for "about ten years, from 1814-1824 ...
A.J. Meerwald, later known as Clyde A. Phillips, is a restored dredging oyster schooner, whose home port is in the Bivalve section of Commercial Township in Cumberland County, New Jersey. The gaff-rigged schooner was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1995 for her significance in architecture, commerce, and ...