E Bay Report Se I S Delaware Bay Report Series
u . -: (: "F ;Y'~!. "iA:~!~ '-_:, F :,;,y'''~',,,,,- ,0TUDIE!,s OCT 30 1973 t,,/c,\f\o:,,::) FiL.:....D ::::;TATION L!6RAHY E BAY REPORT SE I S DELAWARE BAY REPORT SERIES Volume 8 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF DELAWARE'S COASTAL ZONE by Joel M. Goodman This series was prepared under a grant from the National Geographic Society Report Series Editor Dennis F. Polis Spring 1973 College of Marine Studies University of Delaware Newark, Delaware 19711 ( ) ) ) iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface I. Introduction 7 I I. The Im:Jortance of the Coastal Zone to Delaware 16 III. Historical Perspective 27 Recreation 29 Commercial Fishing 40 Industrial Development 48 IV. A Contemporary Geographic Perspective 57 The Delmarva Region 63 Population Growth 69 Tourism 70 Industry 74 The Metropolitan Region 74 Coastal Zone Communities 85 Harbor of Refuge, Delaware Bay 92 ) Wilmington Harbor, Christina River (Wilmington, Newport) 92 Smyrna River (Smyrna) 94 Leipsic River (Leipsic) 94 Little River (Little Creek) 94 St. Jones River (Bowers, Bowers Beach, Lebanon) 94 Murderkill River (Frederica) 94 Mispillion River (Milford) 95 Broadki1l River (Milton) 95 Inland Waterway Between Rehoboth Bay and Delaware Bay (Lewes and Rehoboth) 95 Waterway from Indian River Inlet to Rehoboth Bay (Lewes and Rehoboth) 96 Indian River Inlet and Bay (Millsboro) 96 Nanticoke River (including Northwest Fork) Delaware and Mary1~hd (Seaford and Laurel) 96 Broad Creek River (Laurel) 97 New Castle County 97 Wilmington 97 City of New Castle 117 Delaware City 119 Kent County 121 Smyrna 124 Dover 124 Milford 125 ) Sussex County 128 iv ) Seashore 135 Lewes 136 Rehoboth 138 Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island 140 V.
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