I won this cache container at the SJG picnic at Fort Mott. I
couldn't decide if I should place it in NJ or take it back home
over the Delaware Memorial Bridge with me. So I did a compromise
and entered this strange section of Delaware directly from NJ near
Finns Point and placed the cache about a mile from the picnic.
Unfortunately I chose a spot at the concrete base of the high
tension electirc lines and it was rejected since it could look
suspisious or be considered a threat at a high profile potential
terrorist target.
So the cache was moved to a different location when I came to do
Matthew386x's new caches out here--he had the same idea at the
picnic.
A History Lession This area was created out of below water
mud flats from Delaware River dredging deposits from long ago. At
that time the only high ground around was Fort Mott and Finns Point
Cemetery. This new land however was part of Delaware, not NJ
Most state borders use the middle or main shipping channel of a
river for the border. That happend for the NJ/Pa part of the
Delaware River and also NJ/De well below this section of the river.
However by a quirk of colonial area deeds not in this section.
. In early colonial times. the Duke of York defeated the Dutch
in New Amsterdan (which he renamed New York) and also occupied New
Anstel which he renamed New Castle. He kept a 12 mile arc of the
former Dutch/Sweedish territory for himself centered around New
Castle that excluded land east of the Delaware River. Later Willian
Penn acquired the land from the Duke and it became the lower three
counties that were administered as part of his main grant of
Pennsylvania. The lower three counties would later became Delaware
including ownership of the entire river within the 12 mile arc.
Fill in the river and the new land is part of Delaware.
Drive into the old spoils area along the flat dirt road that
should be fine for a regular car unless there has been signficant
rain. Plenty of room to park off the main road or turn around.
Sometimes the road in may be blocked so you will have ato do a
short hike.