2019 Map of Fortescue

About this map

Fortescue occupies a slender strip of the Cumberland County shoreline, serving as a primary point of human settlement amidst an expansive network of salt marshes and tidal waterways. This coastal landscape is defined by the intricate branching of Fortescue Creek, Oranoaken Creek, and Boiler Creek, which carve through the wetlands east of Fortescue Neck. The map illustrates the fragile interface between land and sea, where points like Egg Island Point and False Egg Island Point reach into the Delaware Bay. To the south, the deep-water navigation channels of the Miah Maull Range and the Intracoastal Waterway mark the maritime boundary between New Jersey and Delaware. This survey details a terrain where human infrastructure, such as Co RD 637, is tightly constrained by the surrounding environmental features like Elder Gut and Courtney Ponds.