Little Egg Harbor
Bay in New Jersey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the township, see Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
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.
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Location | New Jersey |
Coordinates | 39.581547°N 74.26981°W / 39.581547; -74.26981 |
Type | Bay |
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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.