Pea Patch Island
Fort Delaware State Park is a 248-acre, 1-mile-long Delaware state park on Pea Patch Island in the mid channel of the Delaware River near its entrance into Delaware Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
- Also known as: “Pea Patch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Delaware and Fort DuPont.
Fort Delaware
Protected area
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Fort Delaware is a former harbor defense facility, designed by chief engineer Joseph Gilbert Totten and located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.
Fort DuPont
Protected area
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Fort DuPont, named in honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, is located between the original Delaware City and the modern Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the original Reeden Point tract, which was granted to Henry Ward in 1675.
Fort Mott
Park
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Mott, located in Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey, United States, was part of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the Reconstruction era and Endicott program modernization periods following the American Civil War and in the 1890s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Delaware City and Oakwood Beach.
Delaware City
Village
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Delaware City is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,885 as of 2020. It is a small port town on the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and is the location of the Forts Ferry Crossing to Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island.
Oakwood Beach
Hamlet
Elsinboro Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Oakwood Beach is situated 3½ miles southeast of Pea Patch Island.
Sinnickson Landing
Hamlet
Elsinboro Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Sinnickson Landing is situated 4 miles east of Pea Patch Island.
Pea Patch Island
- Categories: river island and landform
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Pea Patch Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Pea Patch Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pea Patch Island”
- Dutch: “Pea Patch Island”
- Japanese: “ピーパッチ島”
- Spanish: “Isla Pea Patch”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Reybold and Shingle Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Castle Range and Pea Patch Shoal.
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