Corson Inlet is a narrow

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on the southern coast of

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in the

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. Corson Inlet leads from the

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through barrier islands off the northeast coast of

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, New Jersey. The Inlet separates Ocean City, New Jersey from Strathmere, New Jersey. The

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USS ''Corson'', in commission from 1944 to 1946 and 1951 to 1956, was named for Corson Inlet.

Corson's Inlet State Park Corson's Inlet State Park was established by the New Jersey Legislature in 1969 to protect and preserve one of the last undeveloped tracts of land along the state's oceanfront. The park borders Corson Inlet. The area's natural habitats are teem ...

borders the strait. The inlet and adjacent dunes were a favorite place for the amblings of American poet,

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resulting in one of his best known poems, "Corsons Inlet". The passing of automobiles to Corson's inlet has naturally left giant, mogul-like bumps in the road, oddly evenly spaced, all reaching the same height and depth (approx. 3 feet).

Geography

Corson Inlet separates

Pecks Beach Pecks Beach or Peck's Beach is a barrier island located on the Jersey Shore in Cape May County, New Jersey. Geography Pecks Beach is a barrier island along the Atlantic Ocean between Great Egg Harbor Inlet on the northeast, and Corson Inlet Corso ...

from

Ludlam Island Ludlam Island is a barrier island in southern New Jersey, on which Sea Isle City, and Strathmere, a part of Upper Township are located. Geography Ludlam Island is a barrier island along the Atlantic Ocean between Corson Inlet on the northeast, a ...

in Cape May County. It was described in 1834 as, Corson Inlet was described in 1878, ''viz''.,

History

Corson Inlet appears as Bottle Inlet on a map circa 1700; and as "Coston's Inlet" on a map published in 1749 by Lewis Evans.''A Map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, And the Three Delaware Counties'', Lewis Evans, 1749

Notes

References

*''Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition''. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. . * (See ship namesake paragraph.) * Lehman, D.(Ed.) (2006). ''A.R. Ammons: Selected Poems.'' American Poets Project, pp. 18–22. New York: Library of America. Inlets of New Jersey Straits of New Jersey Bodies of water of Cape May County, New Jersey {{CapeMayCountyNJ-geo-stub