Dredge Harbor View Traditional Cache

This is my first hide.  Should not be hard to find but does require a bit of hike on a foot path.   I placed a number of goodies in the cache to entice visitors, including a trackable (Travel Pirate #2) that I recently found in another cache on the island.

Updated: Moved this about 50+ feet as there was some concern about safety. Coordinates have been updated and modified the difficulty rating. Please take care to re-hide carefully to help thwart the muggles. :)

Upon arriving at this location you will be rewarded by a nice view of Dredge Harbor.  Take a few minutes to enjoy the view.  If the tide is out you will see the sandy bottom, which is the reason the harbor exists in the first place.

As translated from, Paul Schopp, a local historian...
“During the 1930s, Walter Reeder’s Delaware River Sand Dredging Company of Bordentown purchased the Springer Farm and the States Farm for their sand. Using dredges to mine sand and gravel from this tract, the company created the large basin now known as Dredge Harbor in the process. Reeder piled any rocks encountered during the dredging operations on shore for future use. A local contractor purchased these rocks and constructed a series of unique stone houses and businesses adjacent to the harbor which can still be seen today along St. Mihiel Drive.
Following WWII, Reeder laid out Riverside Manor on land his company owned but did use for sand mining. In 1953, Reeder’s sand company sold its remaining land holdings to Merrill Ambler’s Amico Sand & Gravel Company. Amico continued the sand and gravel mining operations into at least the 1960s, creating AmicoIsland in the process. Long in the thoughts of would-be developers, Burlington County acquired Amico Island in 2001 from Duke University who received title to the island as a gift from Merrill Ambler, Jr.
Since acquiring the site, Burlington County has developed the55-acre island into another enjoyable jewel in the crown of the rapidly growing county park system. Several derelict wooden sand barges and scows can still be seen within the park along the interior shorelines.