Selden Neck State Park

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Selden Neck State Park
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location East Lyme , New London County (USA)
surface 246 ha
Geographical location 41 ° 24 ′  N , 72 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 23 ′ 41 ″  N , 72 ° 24 ′ 54 ″  W
Selden Neck State Park, Connecticut
Selden Neck State Park
Setup date 1931
administration Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut
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Selden Neck State Park is a state park that encompasses a river island of the Connecticut River in the Lyme , Connecticut area. The park can only be reached by boat. There are opportunities for hiking, fishing, hunting; In addition, the park offers four different simple camping opportunities.

history

The land belonged to John Selden since 1695 . It was not until 1854 that the island, on whose territory a farm and a quarry were operated, was separated from the land by a spring flood with the formation of Selden Creek . The reddish stones from the quarry were used to pave many streets in New York and Philadelphia, including Surf Avenue on Coney Island . In the 1940s, the Selden family sold the land to the government.

See also

Movie

  • David Wordell: The Quarries of Selden Neck. DVD

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Selden Neck State Park . In: State Parks and Forests . Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ River Camping . In: State Parks and Forests . Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Retrieved March 3, 2013.

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