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Somerset County

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Somerset County
( 40.54516, -74.62073 )

  1. Ambrose Brook - Bound Brook ( 40.56764, -74.51489 )
  2. D-R Canal - Amwell Rd ( 40.50340, -74.58268 )
  3. D-R Canal - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47550, -74.57220 )
  4. D-R Canal - Griggstown (N) ( 40.43834, -74.61397 )
  5. D-R Canal - Griggstown (S) ( 40.42912, -74.61816 )
  6. D-R Canal - Kingston (N) ( 40.37489, -74.61854 )
  7. D-R Canal - Kingston (S) ( 40.37326, -74.61861 )
  8. D-R Canal - Manville ( 40.52861, -74.58178 )
  9. D-R Canal - New Brunswick ( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
  10. D-R Canal - Plainsboro (E) ( 40.34321, -74.62964 )
  11. D-R Canal - Plainsboro (W) ( 40.34190, -74.63758 )
  12. D-R Canal - Princeton (N) ( 40.33879, -74.64715 )
  13. D-R Canal - Princeton (S) ( 40.33177, -74.65282 )
  14. D-R Canal - Rocky Hill ( 40.39826, -74.62702 )
  15. D-R Canal - Somerset (N) ( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
  16. D-R Canal - Somerset (S) ( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
  17. D-R Canal - South Bound Brook ( 40.55880, -74.53118 )
  18. Dallenbach Pond ( 40.41254, -74.44296 )
  19. Davidson's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.41117, -74.49789 )
  20. East Amwell Lake ( 40.40023, -74.84316 )
  21. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (C) ( 40.42465, -74.47680 )
  22. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (N) ( 40.43900, -74.46646 )
  23. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (S) ( 40.42201, -74.48242 )
  24. Green Brook - Billian Legion Park ( 40.56222, -74.52483 )
  25. Helmetta Pond ( 40.37817, -74.42657 )
  26. Lake Carnegie - Plainsboro ( 40.34362, -74.62973 )
  27. Lake Carnegie - Princeton ( 40.36681, -74.62597 )
  28. Lamington/Black River - Pottersville ( 40.71374, -74.72011 )
  29. Lawrence Brook - Milltown (E) ( 40.45144, -74.43663 )
  30. Lawrence Brook - Milltown (W) ( 40.44831, -74.44367 )
  31. Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (E) ( 40.32460, -74.56567 )
  32. Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (W) ( 40.32735, -74.60233 )
  33. Millstone River - Amwell Rd ( 40.50294, -74.58755 )
  34. Millstone River - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47487, -74.57503 )
  35. Millstone River - Griggstown ( 40.43893, -74.61757 )
  36. Millstone River - Kingston ( 40.37419, -74.61962 )
  37. Millstone River - Manville ( 40.53124, -74.58753 )
  38. Millstone River - Plainsboro (N) ( 40.34262, -74.62981 )
  39. Millstone River - Plainsboro (S) ( 40.33874, -74.62880 )
  40. Millstone River - Rocky Hill (N) ( 40.39957, -74.62809 )
  41. Millstone River - Rocky Hill (S) ( 40.39969, -74.62867 )
  42. Millstone River - West Windsor ( 40.32139, -74.60831 )
  43. New Market Pond - Piscataway ( 40.57675, -74.45490 )
  44. Passaic River - Basking Ridge ( 40.69503, -74.51600 )
  45. Passaic River - Dead River ( 40.65005, -74.52464 )
  46. Passaic River - Warren ( 40.67078, -74.46441 )
  47. Raritan River - Bound Brook ( 40.55995, -74.52758 )
  48. Raritan River - Branchburg ( 40.55644, -74.68838 )
  49. Raritan River - Duke Island (E) ( 40.56082, -74.64751 )
  50. Raritan River - Duke Island (W) ( 40.55279, -74.68330 )
  51. Raritan River - Edison ( 40.48791, -74.38382 )
  52. Raritan River - Highland Park ( 40.48864, -74.42226 )
  53. Raritan River - New Brunswick ( 40.48760, -74.43280 )
  54. Raritan River - Piscataway (N) ( 40.54085, -74.51236 )
  55. Raritan River - Piscataway (S) ( 40.50935, -74.46641 )
  56. Raritan River - Power Canal ( 40.55112, -74.67136 )
  57. Raritan River - Raritan ( 40.56492, -74.63884 )
  58. Raritan River - Sayreville ( 40.47450, -74.35606 )
  59. Raritan River North Branch ( 40.60018, -74.67447 )
  60. Raritan River North Branch - Far Hills ( 40.68441, -74.64214 )
  61. Raritan River North Branch - Natirar Park ( 40.64761, -74.68024 )
  62. Raritan River North Branch Depot ( 40.58160, -74.68161 )
  63. Raritan River South Branch ( 40.54640, -74.69603 )
  64. Raritan River South Branch - Flemington (C) ( 40.52105, -74.82666 )
  65. Raritan River South Branch - Flemington (E) ( 40.50354, -74.77814 )
  66. Raritan River South Branch - Flemington (N) ( 40.53810, -74.83934 )
  67. Raritan River South Branch - Hamden ( 40.59699, -74.89827 )
  68. Raritan River South Branch - Neshanic (E) ( 40.50873, -74.72776 )
  69. Raritan River South Branch - Neshanic (W) ( 40.50250, -74.74182 )
  70. Raritan River South Branch - Rte 31 ( 40.56315, -74.85544 )
  71. Raritan River South Branch - Stanton ( 40.57219, -74.86834 )
  72. Raritan River South Branch - Sunnyside ( 40.57942, -74.88795 )
  73. Round Valley Reservoir - Clinton (N) ( 40.63204, -74.84726 )
  74. Round Valley Reservoir - Clinton (S) ( 40.61800, -74.84664 )
  75. South River - Sayreville ( 40.45397, -74.37222 )
  76. South River - South River ( 40.45838, -74.38361 )
  77. Stony Brook - Princeton ( 40.33219, -74.65340 )
  78. Weston's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.46677, -74.42603 )

Passaic River

Passaic River
( 40.80476, -74.31517 )

  1. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  2. Newark Bay - Rutkowski Park ( 40.68882, -74.11216 )
  3. Passaic River - Basking Ridge ( 40.69503, -74.51600 )
  4. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.73795, -74.37159 )
  5. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.72583, -74.38948 )
  6. Passaic River - Dead River ( 40.65005, -74.52464 )
  7. Passaic River - East Hanover (N) ( 40.82749, -74.33529 )
  8. Passaic River - East Hanover (S) ( 40.82581, -74.33332 )
  9. Passaic River - Elmwood Park ( 40.90965, -74.13188 )
  10. Passaic River - Fairfield ( 40.89775, -74.27988 )
  11. Passaic River - Hawthorne ( 40.93992, -74.15224 )
  12. Passaic River - Kearny ( 40.76313, -74.15933 )
  13. Passaic River - Livingston ( 40.77879, -74.36862 )
  14. Passaic River - Memorial Park ( 40.92865, -74.14193 )
  15. Passaic River - Newark ( 40.73326, -74.15206 )
  16. Passaic River - Nutley ( 40.81175, -74.13909 )
  17. Passaic River - Passaic ( 40.86506, -74.11144 )
  18. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (N) ( 40.81865, -74.13348 )
  19. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (S) ( 40.80182, -74.13801 )
  20. Passaic River - Rutherford ( 40.82349, -74.12280 )
  21. Passaic River - Veteran's Park ( 40.85042, -74.11898 )
  22. Passaic River - Warren ( 40.67078, -74.46441 )

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Lamington/Black River

Lamington/Black River
( 40.76017, -74.70438 )

  1. Lamington/Black River - Ironia Rd ( 40.83520, -74.64481 )
  2. Lamington/Black River - Pleasant Hill Rd ( 40.80333, -74.69788 )
  3. Lamington/Black River - Pottersville ( 40.71374, -74.72011 )
  4. Lamington/Black River - Righter Rd ( 40.85089, -74.63450 )
  5. Lamington/Black River - Route 10 ( 40.86048, -74.62893 )
  6. Lamington/Black River - Washington Tpk. ( 40.77881, -74.72098 )
  7. Raritan River North Branch ( 40.60018, -74.67447 )
  8. Raritan River North Branch - Natirar Park ( 40.64761, -74.68024 )
  9. Sunset Lake ( 40.87071, -74.61751 )

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Delaware & Raritan Canal

Delaware & Raritan Canal
( 40.38309, -74.68637 )

  1. D-R Canal - Amwell Rd ( 40.50340, -74.58268 )
  2. D-R Canal - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47550, -74.57220 )
  3. D-R Canal - Griggstown (N) ( 40.43834, -74.61397 )
  4. D-R Canal - Griggstown (S) ( 40.42912, -74.61816 )
  5. D-R Canal - Kingston (N) ( 40.37489, -74.61854 )
  6. D-R Canal - Kingston (S) ( 40.37326, -74.61861 )
  7. D-R Canal - Lawrence (N) ( 40.27450, -74.70332 )
  8. D-R Canal - Lawrence (S) ( 40.26746, -74.71071 )
  9. D-R Canal - Lawrenceville ( 40.30501, -74.68490 )
  10. D-R Canal - Manville ( 40.52861, -74.58178 )
  11. D-R Canal - New Brunswick ( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
  12. D-R Canal - North Trenton ( 40.24901, -74.72865 )
  13. D-R Canal - Plainsboro (E) ( 40.34321, -74.62964 )
  14. D-R Canal - Plainsboro (W) ( 40.34190, -74.63758 )
  15. D-R Canal - Princeton (N) ( 40.33879, -74.64715 )
  16. D-R Canal - Princeton (S) ( 40.33177, -74.65282 )
  17. D-R Canal - Province Line Rd ( 40.30273, -74.68819 )
  18. D-R Canal - Rocky Hill ( 40.39826, -74.62702 )
  19. D-R Canal - Somerset (N) ( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
  20. D-R Canal - Somerset (S) ( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
  21. D-R Canal - South Bound Brook ( 40.55880, -74.53118 )
  22. D-R Canal - Trenton (N) ( 40.23886, -74.74194 )
  23. D-R Canal - Trenton (S) ( 40.18384, -74.74666 )
  24. D-R Canal - West Windsor ( 40.30844, -74.67979 )
  25. D-R Feeder Canal - Bull Island ( 40.41036, -75.03421 )
  26. D-R Feeder Canal - Lambertville (S) ( 40.34206, -74.94044 )
  27. D-R Feeder Canal - Rt 202 ( 40.37987, -74.95175 )
  28. D-R Feeder Canal - Scudders Falls ( 40.26529, -74.84790 )
  29. D-R Feeder Canal - Washington Crossing ( 40.29842, -74.86852 )
  30. D-R Feeder Canal - West Trenton ( 40.24497, -74.81917 )
  31. Lake Carnegie - Plainsboro ( 40.34362, -74.62973 )
  32. Millstone River - Amwell Rd ( 40.50294, -74.58755 )
  33. Millstone River - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47487, -74.57503 )
  34. Millstone River - Griggstown ( 40.43893, -74.61757 )
  35. Millstone River - Kingston ( 40.37419, -74.61962 )
  36. Millstone River - Manville ( 40.53124, -74.58753 )
  37. Millstone River - Plainsboro (N) ( 40.34262, -74.62981 )
  38. Millstone River - Rocky Hill (N) ( 40.39957, -74.62809 )
  39. Millstone River - Rocky Hill (S) ( 40.39969, -74.62867 )
  40. 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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Assunpink Lake - Upper Freehold

Assunpink Lake - Upper Freehold
( 40.21811, -74.51011 )

  1. Assunpink Dam Access ( 40.23568, -74.58683 )
  2. Assunpink Lake - Upper Freehold ( 40.21542, -74.51702 )
  3. Brainerd Lake - Cranbury ( 40.31113, -74.51178 )
  4. Crosswick's Creek - Walnford ( 40.13480, -74.55762 )
  5. Etra Lake ( 40.25288, -74.49829 )
  6. Mercer Lake - Hamilton ( 40.26561, -74.64191 )
  7. Mercer Lake - West Windsor ( 40.26960, -74.64114 )
  8. Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (E) ( 40.32460, -74.56567 )
  9. Millstone River - Cranbury (E) ( 40.29359, -74.52675 )
  10. Millstone River - Cranbury (W) ( 40.29590, -74.56250 )
  11. Miry Run ( 40.24052, -74.64696 )
  12. Peddie Lake - Hightstown ( 40.26870, -74.52219 )
  13. Perrineville Lake ( 40.22667, -74.43784 )
  14. Prospertown Lake - Jackson ( 40.13497, -74.45779 )
  15. Rising Sun Lake - Upper Freehold ( 40.20699, -74.46339 )
  16. Rocky Brook - Hightstown ( 40.27108, -74.52353 )
  17. Stone Tavern Lake - Upper Freehold ( 40.19587, -74.48596 )

About a mile long, in the Assunpink WMA. To the east you can find two other small lakes in the same watershed: Stone Tavern Lake, and Rising Sun Lake. Assunpink Creek drains into Lake Mercer, which is much larger than any of these.

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