What’s the tallest lighthouse in New Jersey? . .# 21 What’s the name of NJ’s Official Tall Ship? . .# 26 How many shipwrecks are along the NJ coast? . .# 14 1) New Jersey was almost called the “Maritime State” 12) The Spanish may have been the first Europeans to attempt instead of the “Garden State” according to NJ Governor settlement of what is now New Jersey – the 1525 voyage of Driscoll in his 1953 veto of a bill to put the words “Garden Quejo sent by Ayllon northward received reports of coastline State” on each NJ license plate. from as far north as the Deer River (may have been the 2) New Jersey is home to Governor William Newell who Hudson River). initiated what would become the United States Life 13) Hoboken was the departure point for most American Saving Service in 1871 and the United States Coast Guard troops headed to France for World War I – “Heaven, Hell in 1915. The anti-immigrant member of the No Nothing or Hoboken” was a common saying of Dough Boys of the Party is credited for developing the Beach Apparatus Drill American Expeditionary Forces. that saved over 177,000 lives – ironically, many of whom 14) There are over 4,800 shipwrecks in the waters along were immigrants. the New Jersey coast focused on the Atlantic Ocean, 3) Joseph Francis Life-Car was invented and Delaware Bay and Delaware River. demonstrated in New Jersey. The original car used in the (njmaritimemuseum.org/shipwreck-database) 1850 wreck of the Ayrshire off “Squan Beach” became 15) The Delaware River flows 419 miles from New York’s one of the top ten exhibits at the Smithsonian Catskill Mountains into the Delaware Bay. Museum in Washington DC. 16) The Jersey Shore along the Atlantic Ocean runs 141 miles 4) Ocean Going wooden ships (including 4 masted from Perth Amboy to Cape May Point. schooners) were built in small towns up and down 17) At the height of the Delaware Bay’s oyster industry there the Jersey Shore. were just under 600 schooners and sloops working the industry. 5) Henry Hudson and the Dutch in the Half Moon 18) The Port of Cape May/Wildwood is the largest fishing port explored the Jersey Shore from Cape May to in New Jersey and one of the largest on the East Coast. Sandy Hook in 1609. 19) At the end of World War II, the German submarine U-858 6) The Jersey Shore was home to Revolutionary surrendered to a task-group from the US Atlantic Fleet just off Privateers who attacked larger British merchant ships Cape May on May 14, 1945. sailing along the Jersey coast. 20) John Philip Holland of Patterson and Simon Lake of 7) In October 1778, the British Navy launched a major Pleasantville competed with each other to build the first attack to remove the “Nest of Rebel Pirates” in the Little submarines for the US Navy. Egg Harbor (Mullica) River. 21) Absecon Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in New 8) Charcoal made from NJ Pinelands trees was shipped Jersey at 171 feet. to British-held New York City during the Revolutionary 22) In the Delaware Bay there are five lighthouses War in small “whale-boats.” It was shipped to Bermuda that ships follow for about 35 miles up to the mouth of and the Bahamas to make salt for the British Navy the Delaware River. through the early 1800’s. 23) Sandy Hook Lighthouse is the oldest working lighthouse in 9) Box cars full of clams and oysters were shipped from the United States. It was built in 1764. the Jersey Shore to Campbell’s Soup in Camden, NJ to 24) The Morris Canal connected Phillipsburg with Jersey City make soups and chowders shipped round the world. for 102 miles and went through 1,674 feet of elevation changes. 10) Rumors persist that German U-Boats had been secretly The trip took 5 days to transport coal from the Lehigh Valley, provisioned by sympathizers on the Jersey Shore. farm products, goods and other materials. 11) Rum runners and US Revenue Service and the US 25) The Delaware and Raritan Canal that ran from Bordentown Coast Guard engaged in a cat and mouse competition to to New Brunswick was large enough to accommodate canal bring foreign-made alcohol from ocean going ships to the boats, sail boats, steam tugs towing barges, freight boats, coast during Prohibition (1919-1933). yachts and naval vessels. 26) The Schooner AJ MEERWALD is New Jersey’s Official Tall Ship. New Jersey’s Rich Maritime History NJ Maritime Museums NJ Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations NJ Maritime Collections or Exhibits or Tours Statewide Organizations Cape May County Essex County Passaic County Canal Society of NJ Avalon Museum & History Center NJ Historical Society Jersey Coast Heritage Museum NJ Maritime Museum Paterson Museum canalsocietynj.org • 215 39th St, Avalon • 52 Park Place, Newark • site under development • 528 Dock Road, Beach Haven • 2 Market St #202, Paterson Canal Watch Cape May Lighthouse Navesink Maritime Heritage Assoc. NJ Museum of Boating www.canalwatch.org • 215 Lighthouse Ave, Cape May Point Gloucester County • 930 West Front Street, Red Bank • Johnson Boat Works Bldg 13 Salem County Delaware Lighthouse Keepers Cape May Maritime Museum New Jersey Friends of Clearwater 1800 Bay Ave, Point Pleasant & Friends Assoc. • site under development Gloucester County • Red Bank Ocean County Historical Society Finns Point Lighthouse/ delawarebaylightkeeper-friend.org Dennis Township Museum and • Historical Society Historic Village at Allaire • 26 Hadley Ave, Toms River • Supawna NWR New Jersey Lighthouse Society • History Center 58 N. Broad St., Woodbury • 4263 Atlantic Ave, Farmingdale Ocean Gate Historical Society 197 Lighthouse Road, Pennsville www.njlhs.org 681 Petersburg Road, Dennisville Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse Monmouth County • 800 Asbury Ave, Ocean Gate Fort Mott Fishermen’s Wharf Tour • Second St & Mantua Ave, Paulsboro • Historical Association Point Pleasant • 454 Fort Mott Road, Pennsville Atlantic County • 1048 Washington St, Cape May 70 Court Street, Freehold • Historical Society Historical Society of Penns Grove, George F. Boyer Historical Museum Hudson County Sandy Hook and Fort Hancock/ 416 NJ Ave, Point Pleasant Beach • Carneys Point and Oldmans Atlantic City Historical Museum • 3907 Pacific Ave. Wildwood • Gateway NRA NSP Sea Girt Lighthouse 48 W. Main Street, Penns Grove • 1 N. Tennessee Ave, Atlantic City Hereford Inlet Lighthouse Ellis Island 128 S. Hartshorne Drive, Highlands • 9 Ocean Ave, Sea Girt Lower Alloways Creek Atlantic County Historical Society • 111 North Central Ave, North Wildwood • Liberty State Park Twin Lights Lighthouse Stafford Township • Historical Museum • 907 Shore Rd, Somers Point Historic Cold Spring Village 1 Audrey Zapp Drive, Jersey City • Lighthouse Road, Highlands • Historical Society 736 Smick Road, Salem Atlantic County Veterans Museum • 720 US 9, Cape May Liberty State Park - 49 West Bay Ave, Manahawkin New Sweden • 189 State Hwy Route 50, Estell Manor Museum of Cape May County • Central Railroad of NJ Morris County Toms River Seaport Society • Heritage Monument Brigantine Beach Historical Museum • 504 Route 9 N, Cape May Court House Liberty State Park • Hooper Ave & E. Water St, Toms River Riverview Beach Park, Pennsville • 3607 Brigantine Blvd, Brigantine Naval Air Station Wildwood 1 Audrey Zapp Drive, Jersey City The Canal Museum at Waterloo Tuckerton Historical Society Pennsville Township Longport Historical Society • Aviation Museum • 525 Waterloo Rd, Stanhope • 35 Leitz Blvd, Little Egg Harbor • Historical Society • 2305 Atlantic Ave, Longport 500 Forestal Road Hunterdon County Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum Tuckerton Seaport & 86 Church Landing Road, Pennsville Margate City Historical Museum Cape May County Airport, Erma • 260 Lakeside Blvd, Landing • Baymen’s Museum Salem County Historical Society • 8100 Atlantic Ave, Margate Ocean City Historical Museum Hunterdon County 120 West Main Street, Tuckerton • 79-83 Market Street, Salem Somers Point Historical Museum • 1735 Simpson Ave, Ocean City • Historical Society Ocean County Waretown Historical Society • 745 Shore Road, Somers Point Sea Isle City Historical Museum 114 Main Street, Flemington • 182 Wells Mill Road, Waretown Somerset County Ventnor City Historical Society • Cape May County Library Lambertville Historical Society Barnegat Historical Society • and Museum 4800 Central Ave, Sea Isle City • 60 Bridge Street, Lambertville • East Bay Ave, Barnegat Millstone Valley 6500 Atlantic Ave, Ventnor Stone Harbor Museum - Prallsville Mills - Barnegat Light Historical Society • National Scenic Byway Linwood Maritime Museum • Maritime Annex • Delaware River Mill Society • 501 Central Ave, Barnegat Light 2346 Amwell Road, Somerset • 301 Davis Ave, Linwood 9410 Second Avenue, Stone Harbor 33 Risler Street, Stockton Bay Head Historical Society Sunset Parade • 1643 Bay Ave, Point Pleasant Bergen County • Coast Guard Training Center Cape May Mercer County Berkeley Township 1 Munro Ave, Cape May • Historical Society Bergen County Historical Society Tatham Life Saving Station NJ State Museum 630 Route 9, Bayville • Historic New Bridge Landing • 117th St. and 2nd Ave., Stone Harbor • 205 West State Street, Trenton Brick Township 1201-1209 Main Street, River Edge US Life Saving Station 30 • Historical Society • Fourth Street & Atlantic Ave, Ocean City Middlesex County 521 Herbertsville Rd, Brick Burlington County Island Heights Cultural & Cumberland County East Jersey Old Town • Heritage Association Burlington County Historical Society • 1050 River Road, Piscataway 105 Simpson Ave, Island Heights • 457 High Street, Burlington Bayshore Center at Bivalve - Madison Township Lacey Historical Society The Shipman Mansion • Delaware Bay Museum • Historical Society • 126 U.S. 9, Forked River • Red Dragon Canoe Club 2800 High Street, Port Norris 4216 Route 516, Matawan Lakehurst Historical 221 Edgewater Ave, Edgewater Park East Point Lighthouse Metlar-Bodine House Museum • Society Museum • 10 Lighthouse Road, Heislerville • 1281 River Road, Piscataway 300 Center St, Lakehurst Camden County John DuBois Maritime Museum New Brunswick Public Library Long Beach Island Museum • 949 Ye Greate Street, Greenwich • 60 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick • 247 N.