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That is a great article Guy. I remember it well. The field inspection of the dam many years ago with members of this site was an eye opener for me. If I came across that dam or the ditch while walking through that woods, I would have never known the historic importance of it without the...

Welcome ! Hope you start feeling better but if you don't, keep exploring the site. You could a week on just the historic maps.

With the strong Northwest blow today there are probably waves hitting the upstream face. I can't get back there tonight to look.

A sudden change has occurred just in the last week. I am back here two to three times per week running our dogs and the changes shown below occurred since Tuesday. Another beaver dam has been started only40' downstream of the outfall and it is surcharging the pipes beneath the road. This is now...

What is that material 46'er ? Looks like rolled stone screenings.

Thank you for your efforts. You are correct in saying that your discovery of this information was very touching. It really adds a deeper understanding to something that was intriguing to all of us. Don't be a stranger either. This site contains a wealth of information about one of the most...

A beneficiary of the Rutherford scholarship. http://www.esualumni.org/s/125/index.aspx?sid=125&gid=1&calcid=1228&calpgid=435&pgid=265&ecid=1952&crid=0&cid=1228

Great detective work Subtlelikeatrex. The power of the Internet is still amazing to me. For younger generations, it is something that was always there and in my opinion, not fully appreciated. Researching this young man's death in 1980, the year he was born, would have taken hours, if not...

I was crabbing way up in Oranoken Creek with my wife and kids circa 1992 and a guy came passed us in a small boat loaded over the gunwales with lumber and carpeting. He stopped to talk for a minute and said he was on his way to work on his shack. That was when I first realized that there were...

I stopped in this duck shack once. (See Historic Aerials image below) They used to leave the doors open to discourage vandals and it actually worked. I was told that he duck shack was built in the 1950's and blossomed out of a simple clam lease by on of the owners' grandfathers. The duck shack...

His wife died ? :)

That is a unique offering by Fish and Wildlife. It's very good to see this.

I really like the miniature terrariums that have established themselves in the discarded glass. Your daughter has great talent.

I was thinking the same thing.

But Steve Miller was pronouncing it wrong. :) The true South Jersey pronunciation of the Maurice River is "Morris". And the little town along the river is pronounced Morristown, not Moreeesstown I have argued this with several people over the years. Al, can you back me up on this ?

The area where you photographed the boards was privately owned until not too long ago. I believe it was acquired by NJ around the same time that Ace Campground was acquired. The piece with the boards over the canal was huge and was owned by guys that hunted it. They had large shooting shacks in...

It would be great to have you Al. Your friend Dan is a great guy too and he really enjoyed the hike.

Great report ! We visited the dam site many years ago with Ben Ruset and exlpored other legs of the canal on a later hike. It was an amazing feat to dig that canal and who knew it would be the basis for early riparian law ?

That's why we bring the goodies Bob. Nothing beats open air dining in the Theatre of the Pines !

Back in late November , Hewey from this site and I were exchanging texts while deer hunting one night and we talked about getting together in the woods for a few holiday beverages and some general jocularity. We both agreed to wait until the hunting slowed down a little and we would then plan a...