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The storm caused minor damage along the coast. [ 41] June 26, 1968 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Candy dropped 3.31 in (84 mm) of rainfall near Layton. [ 26] August 20, 1969 – Passing south of the state as a re-intensifying storm, Tropical Storm Camille dropped 1.62 in (41 mm) of rainfall near Cape May.
Cape May (sometimes Cape May City) is a city and seaside resort located at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, it is one of the country's oldest vacation resort destinations. [ 19]
Cape May Canal is a 2.9-nautical-mile (3.3 mi; 5.4 km) waterway connecting Cape May Harbor to the Delaware Bay, at the southern tip of Cape May County, New Jersey. [4] Before the canal was built, "Cape Island" referred to the site of the City of Cape May, southeast of Cape Island Creek, a tidal "creek" and marsh that has been partly filled in ...
Surf City is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore in southern Ocean County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,243, an increase of 38 (+3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 1,205, which in turn had reflected a decline of 237 (−16.4%) from the 1,442 counted in the 2000 census.
A consistently popular summer destination with 30 miles (48 km) of beaches, Cape May County attracts vacationers from New Jersey and surrounding states, with the summer population exceeding 750,000. Tourism generates annual revenues of about $6.6 billion as of 2018, making it the county's single largest industry.
June 15, 1973. The Cape May Lighthouseis a lighthouselocated in the U.S. stateof New Jerseyat the tip of Cape May, in Lower Township's Cape May Point State Park. It was built in 1859 under the supervision of U.S. Army engineerWilliam F. Raynolds, was automated in 1946, and continues operation to this day. Cape May Lighthouse is the third fully ...
Cape May diamonds are usually collected by beach combing and are most abundant at Higbee and Sunset beaches in Cape May. Cape May diamonds range in size from the finest sand to a 3-pound-14-ounce (1.8 kg) "Cape May diamond" found in New Castle, Delaware in 1866. [1] In the 1960s a small intact quartz crystal was found at Sunset Beach which ...
West Cape May is a Walsh Act borough in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. [17]