Salem River 670014 139785276 2007-06-21T23:57:44Z D6 75561 fix lk {{Geobox River <!-- *** Name section *** --> | name = Salem River | native_name = | other_name = | other_name1 = <!-- *** Map section *** --> | image = Salem River New Jersey.jpg | image_size = 280 | image_caption = The Salem River in [[Salem, New Jersey|Salem]] in 2006 | image_first = <!-- *** Country etc. *** --> | country = USA | country1 = | state = New Jersey | state1 = | region = | region1 = | city = | city1 = <!-- *** Geography *** --> | length = | length_imperial = 30 | length_note = approx.<ref name=Columbia>{{cite web | url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/65/S02065.html | title = Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for Salem River | accessdate=2007-01-14}}</ref> | watershed = | watershed_imperial = 110 | watershed_note = plus<ref name=ODNR>{{cite web |url= http://www.water.rutgers.edu/Projects/UpperSalem/SalemP1Report_submissiontoNJDEP050206.pdf |pages = [http://www.water.rutgers.edu/Projects/UpperSalem/SalemP1Report_submissiontoNJDEP050206.pdf#page=7 p. 7] | title= Watershed Restoration Plan for the Upper Salem River Watershed: Phase 1 | author= Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension Water Resources Program |coauthors= The Cumberland Salem Conservation District, Rutgers Cooperative & Extension of Salem County | accessdate=2007-01-14}}</ref> | discharge_location = | discharge_average = | discharge_average_imperial = | discharge_max = | discharge_max_imperial = | discharge_min = | discharge_min_imperial = | discharge1_location = | discharge1_average = | discharge1_average_imperial = <!-- *** Source *** --> | source_name = | source_location = [[Upper Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey|Upper Pittsgrove Township]] | source_location_note = | source_region = | source_country = | source_country1 = | source_lat_d = 39 | source_lat_m = 35 | source_lat_s = 59 | source_lat_NS = N | source_long_d = 75 | source_long_m = 13 | source_long_s = 45 | source_long_EW = W | source_coordinates_note =<ref name=GNIS>{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|880237}} |title=Geographic Names Information System entry for Salem River |accessdate=2007-01-14}}</ref> | source_elevation = | source_elevation_imperial = | source_length = | source_length_imperial = | source1_name = | source_meet = <!-- *** Mouth *** --> | mouth_name = Delaware River | mouth_location = boundary of [[Pennsville Township, New Jersey|Pennsville]] and [[Elsinboro Township, New Jersey|Elsinboro]] townships | mouth_location_note = | mouth_country = | mouth_region = | mouth_country1 = | mouth_elevation = | mouth_elevation_imperial = 0 | mouth_elevation_note =<ref name=GNIS/> | mouth_lat_d = 39 | mouth_lat_m = 34 | mouth_lat_s = 23 | mouth_lat_NS = N | mouth_long_d = 75 | mouth_long_m = 30 | mouth_long_s = 44 | mouth_long_EW = W | mouth_coordinates_note =<ref name=GNIS/> <!-- *** Tributaries *** --> | tributary_left = | tributary_left1 = | tributary_right = | tributary_right1 = <!-- *** Map section *** --> | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_first = }} The '''Salem River''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Delaware River]], approximately thirty&nbsp;miles (48&nbsp;km) long, in southwestern [[New Jersey]] in the [[United States]]. The course and watershed of the Salem River are entirely within [[Salem County, New Jersey|Salem County]]. The river rises in [[Upper Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey|Upper Pittsgrove Township]] and flows initially westwardly, through [[Pilesgrove Township, New Jersey|Pilesgrove Township]] and the borough of [[Woodstown, New Jersey|Woodstown]] and along the boundaries of [[Carneys Point Township, New Jersey|Carneys Point]] and [[Mannington Township, New Jersey|Mannington]] Townships. Near [[Deepwater, New Jersey|Deepwater]] it approaches to within 2&nbsp;miles(3&nbsp;km) of the Delaware River, a distance breached by the Deepwater Canal, which connects the two rivers. From there the Salem River turns to the south, flowing along the boundary of Mannington and [[Pennsville Township, New Jersey|Pennsville]] Townships,<ref name=DeLorme>[[DeLorme]] (2005). ''New Jersey Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-324-9.</ref> where it widens into a [[meander]]ing shallow [[estuary]]{{Fact|date=February 2007}} and passes the city of [[Salem, New Jersey|Salem]], its head of [[navigability]].<ref name=Columbia/> It flows into the Delaware River from the east near the head of [[Delaware Bay]], on the boundary of Pennsville and [[Elsinboro Township, New Jersey|Elsinboro]] townships, approximately 2&nbsp;miles (3&nbsp;km) west of Salem and approximately 5&nbsp;miles (8&nbsp;km) southeast of [[Finns Point]]. Its [[tributary|tributaries]] include [[Game Creek (New Jersey)|Game Creek]], [[Mannington Creek]], and [[Fenwick Creek]].<ref name=DeLorme/> The area of the river was inhabited by [[Lenape]] at the time of [[European colonization of the Americas|European colonization]]. [[Fort Elfsborg]], a settlement of the [[New Sweden]] colony, was constructed along the eastern bank of the river near its mouth in 1642-1643. The fort was later abandoned because of the prevalence of [[mosquito]]es. The [[England|English]] later founded the village of Salem in 1675 near the mouth of the river as part of the [[Fenwick Colony]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.getnj.com/historicroadsides/salem.shtml | title = Historic Roadsides of New Jersey | accessdate = 2007-01-14}}</ref> According to the [[Geographic Names Information System]], the river has also been known historically as '''Firkins Creek''', '''Varkens Kill''', and '''Varkins Kill'''. The [[United States Board on Geographic Names|Board on Geographic Names]] settled on "Salem River" as the stream's name in 1940.<ref name=GNIS/> ==See also== *[[List of New Jersey rivers]] == References == <div class="references-small"> <references /> </div> ==External links== *[http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv/?site_no=01482500&agency_cd=USGS Salem River gaging station at Woodsville] [[Category:Tributaries of the Delaware River]] [[Category:Rivers of New Jersey]] [[Category:Salem County, New Jersey]]