Delaware & Raritan Canal
( 40.38309, -74.68637 )
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D-R Canal - Amwell Rd
( 40.50340, -74.58268 )
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D-R Canal - Blackwells Mills
( 40.47550, -74.57220 )
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D-R Canal - Griggstown (N)
( 40.43834, -74.61397 )
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D-R Canal - Griggstown (S)
( 40.42912, -74.61816 )
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D-R Canal - Kingston (N)
( 40.37489, -74.61854 )
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D-R Canal - Kingston (S)
( 40.37326, -74.61861 )
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D-R Canal - Lawrence (N)
( 40.27450, -74.70332 )
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D-R Canal - Lawrence (S)
( 40.26746, -74.71071 )
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D-R Canal - Lawrenceville
( 40.30501, -74.68490 )
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D-R Canal - Manville
( 40.52861, -74.58178 )
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D-R Canal - New Brunswick
( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
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D-R Canal - North Trenton
( 40.24901, -74.72865 )
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D-R Canal - Plainsboro (E)
( 40.34321, -74.62964 )
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D-R Canal - Plainsboro (W)
( 40.34190, -74.63758 )
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D-R Canal - Princeton (N)
( 40.33879, -74.64715 )
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D-R Canal - Princeton (S)
( 40.33177, -74.65282 )
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D-R Canal - Province Line Rd
( 40.30273, -74.68819 )
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D-R Canal - Rocky Hill
( 40.39826, -74.62702 )
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D-R Canal - Somerset (N)
( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
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D-R Canal - Somerset (S)
( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
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D-R Canal - South Bound Brook
( 40.55880, -74.53118 )
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D-R Canal - Trenton (N)
( 40.23886, -74.74194 )
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D-R Canal - Trenton (S)
( 40.18384, -74.74666 )
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D-R Canal - West Windsor
( 40.30844, -74.67979 )
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D-R Feeder Canal - Bull Island
( 40.41036, -75.03421 )
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D-R Feeder Canal - Ewing
( 40.26529, -74.84790 )
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D-R Feeder Canal - Lambertville (S)
( 40.34206, -74.94044 )
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D-R Feeder Canal - Rt 202
( 40.37987, -74.95175 )
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D-R Feeder Canal - Washington Crossing
( 40.29842, -74.86852 )
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D-R Feeder Canal - West Trenton
( 40.24497, -74.81917 )
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Lake Carnegie - Plainsboro
( 40.34362, -74.62973 )
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Millstone River - Amwell Rd
( 40.50294, -74.58755 )
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Millstone River - Blackwells Mills
( 40.47487, -74.57503 )
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Millstone River - Griggstown
( 40.43893, -74.61757 )
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Millstone River - Kingston
( 40.37419, -74.61962 )
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Millstone River - Manville
( 40.53124, -74.58753 )
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Millstone River - Plainsboro (N)
( 40.34262, -74.62981 )
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Millstone River - Rocky Hill (N)
( 40.39957, -74.62809 )
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Millstone River - Rocky Hill (S)
( 40.39969, -74.62867 )
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Stony Brook - Princeton
( 40.33219, -74.65340 )
The blue line on the map is the Delaware & Raritan, or D&R, Canal. The canal is a basically 40-mile-long pond. The water flows very slowly from west to east; it is essentially still. Access points generally coincide with bridges or locks.
The thin red line is the "fall line" - the nominal division between uplands and lowlands. It appears the builders of the canal wanted to stay above the fall line for the entire length, and followed the Millstone and Raritan Rivers. The series of dams resulting in a chain of lakes along the Lawrence Brook reveals a shorter alternate route the canal might have taken. These dams were not built until over 100 years later. Perhaps surveying in the 1830s was not good enough to discover this, or perhaps it would not work, but it certainly looks like it should.
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Raritan River
( 40.59399, -74.59918 )
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Raritan River - Bound Brook
( 40.55995, -74.52758 )
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Raritan River - Branchburg
( 40.55644, -74.68838 )
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Raritan River - Duke Island (E)
( 40.56082, -74.64751 )
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Raritan River - Duke Island (W)
( 40.55279, -74.68330 )
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Raritan River - Edison
( 40.48791, -74.38382 )
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Raritan River - Highland Park
( 40.48864, -74.42226 )
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Raritan River - New Brunswick
( 40.48760, -74.43280 )
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Raritan River - Perth Amboy
( 40.50057, -74.27712 )
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Raritan River - Piscataway (N)
( 40.54085, -74.51236 )
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Raritan River - Piscataway (S)
( 40.50935, -74.46641 )
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Raritan River - Power Canal
( 40.55112, -74.67136 )
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Raritan River - Raritan
( 40.56492, -74.63884 )
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Raritan River - Sayreville
( 40.47450, -74.35606 )
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Raritan River - Somerville (E)
( 40.55798, -74.61520 )
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Raritan River - Somerville (W)
( 40.56539, -74.63173 )
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Raritan River North Branch
( 40.60018, -74.67447 )
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Raritan River North Branch - Far Hills
( 40.68441, -74.64214 )
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Raritan River North Branch - Natirar Park
( 40.64761, -74.68024 )
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Raritan River North Branch Depot
( 40.58160, -74.68161 )
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Raritan River South Branch
( 40.54640, -74.69603 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Clinton (N)
( 40.63854, -74.91169 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Clinton (S)
( 40.62806, -74.91200 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Flemington (C)
( 40.52105, -74.82666 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Flemington (E)
( 40.50354, -74.77814 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Flemington (N)
( 40.53810, -74.83934 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Hamden
( 40.59699, -74.89827 )
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Raritan River South Branch - High Bridge (N)
( 40.66394, -74.89742 )
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Raritan River South Branch - High Bridge (S)
( 40.66094, -74.90237 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Lockwood Gorge (N)
( 40.69682, -74.87171 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Lockwood Gorge (S)
( 40.68816, -74.88014 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Neshanic (E)
( 40.50873, -74.72776 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Neshanic (W)
( 40.50250, -74.74182 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Rte 31
( 40.56315, -74.85544 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Stanton
( 40.57219, -74.86834 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Sunnyside
( 40.57942, -74.88795 )
The Raritan River is what is left of the outflow of the Hudson River after it broke through the Verrazano Narrows about 6,000 years ago and changed to its present course. The modern Raritan River drains much of central New Jersey, with tributaries threading through the state from Princeton to Morristown. One northern tributary - the Lamington River - reaches almost to Lake Hopatcong. Zoom the map out to see the entire drainage. The thin red line is the "fall line" - the nominal division between uplands and lowlands.
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Spruce Run Reservoir
( 40.65533, -74.93032 )
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Musconetcong River - Asbury
( 40.69541, -75.01000 )
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Musconetcong River - Bethlehem
( 40.70445, -74.98786 )
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Musconetcong River - Changewater
( 40.73889, -74.94140 )
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Musconetcong River - Hampton Park
( 40.71115, -74.96795 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Clinton (N)
( 40.63854, -74.91169 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Clinton (S)
( 40.62806, -74.91200 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Hamden
( 40.59699, -74.89827 )
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Raritan River South Branch - High Bridge (N)
( 40.66394, -74.89742 )
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Raritan River South Branch - High Bridge (S)
( 40.66094, -74.90237 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Lockwood Gorge (N)
( 40.69682, -74.87171 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Lockwood Gorge (S)
( 40.68816, -74.88014 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Stanton
( 40.57219, -74.86834 )
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Raritan River South Branch - Sunnyside
( 40.57942, -74.88795 )
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Round Valley Reservoir - Clinton (N)
( 40.63204, -74.84726 )
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Round Valley Reservoir - Clinton (S)
( 40.61800, -74.84664 )
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Spruce Run Reservoir - Clinton (C)
( 40.66109, -74.92356 )
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Spruce Run Reservoir - Clinton (E)
( 40.64468, -74.92302 )
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Spruce Run Reservoir - Clinton (N)
( 40.67351, -74.91731 )
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Spruce Run Reservoir - Clinton (S)
( 40.65841, -74.93343 )
This is a very shallow body of water, and in times of drought it can dry up entirely, as in 2024.
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