Little Egg Harbor

Little Egg Harbor
Map showing location of Little Egg Harbor
Little Egg Harbor is located in New Jersey
Little Egg Harbor
Little Egg Harbor
LocationNew Jersey
Coordinates39°34′54″N 74°16′11″W / 39.581547°N 74.26981°W / 39.581547; -74.26981
TypeBay

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.

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.

  1. ^ "New Jersey Historical Maps". mapmaker.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-13.