Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1]
Hundreds of thousands of ducks and geese arrive at Bombay Hook each year to rest
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Location	Kent County, Delaware, United States
Coordinates	39°15′34″N 75°28′28″W / 39.259473°N 75.474358°W / 39.259473; -75.474358
Area	25 sq mi (65 km2)
Established	1937
Named for	Corruption of the Dutch "Boompjes" or "Boompjes Hoeck" meaning "little-tree point"
Visitors	Open daily
Website	Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,978-acre (64.66 km²) National Wildlife Refuge located along the eastern coast of Kent County, Delaware, United States, on Delaware Bay. It was established on March 16, 1937, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory and wintering waterfowl along the Atlantic Flyway. The Refuge was purchased from local land owners with federal duck stamp funds.^[2]

Today, the refuge protects wildlife of all kinds, with emphasis on all migratory birds. The refuge also contains the Allee House, a pre-revolutionary war farmhouse on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a stop on Delaware's Coastal Heritage Greenway.