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Cape May County is the southernmost county in New Jersey. It has been a popular tourist destination since colonial times. and the city of Cape May claims to be the nation's oldest seashore...

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Jetty Jockey
Hello ! In this week's installment we look at the Ocean View tile. Ocean View is an unincorporated section of southeastern Dennis Township Unlike its northern neighbor Seaville, Ocean View is considerably less developed. The Garden State Parkway runs east of the village, but there is no direct access to that major traffic artery from Ocean View. Route 9 ( also known as Shore Road) crosses the Magnolia Lake dam . Mill Creek leads off eastward from the lake towards the tidal marshes. US Route 9 is the...
Jetty Jockey
Welcome ! In this installment we'll take be looking at the Seaville tile. Seaville, like Dennisville , is one of the region's "gateway" towns. A good portion of summer vacationers ( we call them "Shoobies" here) from New York and Pennsylvania enter the region from the north via the Garden State Parkway. US Route 9 and State Highway 50 are secondary routes of entry. < CLICK ON PICS FOR A LARGER VIEW > This large tile contains most of Seaville ( actually a part of Upper Township) and northern sections of...
Jetty Jockey
In today's update we look at the village of South Seaville, in central Dennis Township In the late 1600s- early 1700s, the colonial government was becoming concerned about the isolation of Cape May County. Without ties to the rest of the colony, the region was becoming a haven for pirates and smugglers. So in 1702 it was decided by the colonial government in Burlington to extend the Kings Highway from its southern end in Salem to Cape May, in an attempt to get area residents more involved with the workings...
Jetty Jockey
In today's update , we head eastbound from South Dennis on NJ 83 Route 83 cuts eastward across the southern portions of Dennis Township, through the Beaver Swamp tile. As this is another unnamed section of Dennis Township, I'm naming it for the primary terrain feature . Beaver Swamp lies south of the highway, and is a federally protected wildlife sanctuary. NJ 83 ( the southernmost road) runs east from South Dennis to Clermont. Running parallel to it to the north is Hagen Road, also leading to Clermont....
Jetty Jockey
Just a quick look at where I've been and where I'm going. Here's the Sim version of Dennis Township. ( click on the pictures for a larger view) 24,267 is a bit higher than the real population, but we all know Sims like to pack into thier dwellings like college students on Spring Break. The amount of jobs is also higher, so I guess it's a wash. Here's the real- life satellite pics I've been working from during this re-creation - It may look llike I'm missing a road or two , but in actuality they are the...
Jetty Jockey
In today's update , we move east from Woodbine to the Mount Pleasant section of Dennis Township Mount Pleasant is a sparsely populated section of Dennis Township located at the intersection of County Roads 610 ( Dennisville - Petersburg Road) and 550 ( Woodbine - Ocean View Road) As I brought up in the terraforming section of the journal, when the glaciers receded at the end of the Ice Age they left behind a 150 foot high ridge of sand and gravel east of where Woodbine now sits. Over the years, most of...
Jetty Jockey
Hello ! In today's update we look at the borough of Woodbine. Woodbine was founded in 1891 as a haven for Eastern European Jews who were being persecuted in the Czarist pogroms. The Baron DeHirsch Fund, organized by the millionaire railroad tycoon Baron DeHirsch, purchased 5300 acres of land in Dennis Township to start a settlement. Immigrants from Poland and Russia were invited to settle the new community. Within two years, they cleared the forest and built a town. 800 acres of land were set aside as town...
Jetty Jockey
I've received enough comments on the Goshen chapter to warrant a seperate entry to answer them all, rather than filling up space in the next entry. Thank you for your interest, it really means a lot to me. Also, I'd like to let you know that work is progressing on the next update,featuring the incorporated city of Woodbine, which should be ready in a few days. I've been experimenting with a few extra things, and so far am pleased with the results . I hope you will be too. Stay tuned ! For now, I'll leave...
Jetty Jockey

2-5 Goshen

By Jetty Jockey,

In today's update we continue south on Delsea Drive (NJ route 47) to the town of Goshen in Middle Township. Goshen is one of Cape May County's oldest towns. In 1703, Aaron Leaming bought the land here to raise cattle. By 1710, a town was founded. Like its neighbor Dennisville to the north, Goshen was built on lumber and shipbuilding. Through the 18th and 19th centuries , several ships were built here, launched sideways into the narrow Goshen Creek ( west of the town) and floated downstream during high...
Jetty Jockey
In today's update, we continue south down Delsea Drive to the Sluice Creek tile. There are many rural areas in Cape May County where there is no town, per se, so I'm getting the names of these areas from nearby landmarks (creeks, beaches, or proximity to some other town). This is one of these areas. Sluice Creek is a southern branch of Dennis Creek and in this part of the county forms the boundary between Dennis Township and Middle Township to the south. It is a tidal creek with many shallow mud flats...
Jetty Jockey
In today's update, we cross over Dennis Creek to take a look at the village of South Dennis. As you can see, there's been a bit of development on the southern bank of Dennis Creek. Most of the development is to the west of the tile. A reason for this is the heavily wooded areas north of Dennisville Road (northern East-West road) is part of the Dennis Creek Wildlife Management area. Once east of the village, the areas south of NJ 83 ( southern East West Road) is part of the Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management...
Jetty Jockey
Today we continue our look at Dennisville, featuring the villages of North Dennis and South Dennis. Development is now complete from NJ 47 northward to the Woodbine city line. As I've said before, this journal is a learning process, and I've today I've learned an important lesson. Photobucket automatically resizes my pics to 800 x 600 , so I've been able to leave my screenshots as-is instead of resizing them to a smaller version before posting them . Now if you click on the pics, a larger, more detailed...
Jetty Jockey
Welcome to the next segment of my city journal. After eighteen months of terraforming, I'm ready to begin the next phase of the project : populating the region and recreating what's here . I've settled on a natural growth process that suprisingly mirrors the historical growth of the region. I'll be developing the mainland sections first. Historically, the mainland areas were developed first due to the presence of fresh water needed for settlement and development. In the Sim version, I'm starting on the...
Jetty Jockey
Hello again! Numerous real life events have taken me away from working on my journal for the past six months. I'm now ready to pick up where I left off. So without further ado, todays terraforming update features the area around Ludlam's Beach Island, home to the resort towns of Sea Isle City, Strathmere, and Townsend's Inlet. We'll begin the tour at the south end of the island at the Townsend's Inlet tile. The southern half of the tile ( the Avalon side of the inlet) was featured in the Seven Mile Beach...
Jetty Jockey
In today's installment we will be visiting Dennis Township, at the northern end of the map The first stop is the Mount Pleasant tile. I thought the name was a bit out of place for an area which is one of the flattest and lowest parts of New Jersey, so I did some research. When the glaciers receded at the end of the last ice age, it left behind a 160 foot high ridge of sand and gravel east of where the town of Woodbine now stands. While hardly a mountain by any stretch of the imagination, to the first...
Jetty Jockey
Hello again! I was so encouraged my the success of my last mosaic to attempt another. This one encompasses an area of 120 square miles. As you can see, I've done more terraforming up north, so expect another update featuring the mainland areas of Dennis Township sometime in the near future. I hope you've enjoyed the update, and as always comments, questions and suggestions are welcome and encouraged. Replies haydon1996 : Thank you and welcome ! escilnavia : Thanks for stopping by! Actually, this journal...
Jetty Jockey
Hello again. Well, we weathered the storm here fairly well. Fortunately , Hurricane Irene weakened to a category 1 and passed offshore of Cape May County, making landfall just north of Atlantic City,(25 miles northeast of the region) rather than going up Delaware Bay as expected. Add that to the fact that the storm passed while the tide was falling, sparing the region from the catastrophic flooding. There was some flooding , trees downed, and power is still out to about a quarter of the county,(mostly on...
Jetty Jockey

Storm Warning !

By Jetty Jockey,

Hello ! As shown in previous updates, the terrain of Cape May County has been sculpted by the sea, with various storms and near misses from hurricanes altering the landscape over the years. Here we go again .... As I write this, a hurricane watch has been issued for Cape May County and a mandantory evacuation order issued for the region due to the approach of Hurricane Irene. Irene is expected to bring 100+ mph winds and storm surge flooding to the region. *Image courtesy of National Hurricane Center The...
Jetty Jockey
Hello ! In today's entry, I continue the terraforming process in eastern Middle Township, notably the area around Cape May Court House and the western shores of Jenkins Sound and Great Sound. The first stop is the Cape May Court House tile. When settled in the late 17th century, it was originally named Romney Marsh, for an area in southeasten England that it resembled. The name was later changed to Middleton , and then with the building of the county courthouse in 1764, to Cape May Court House. Most of the...
Jetty Jockey
In today's update we will be looking at Seven Mile Beach Island. Seven Mile Beach Island, as the name implies, stretches seven miles between Hereford Inlet in the south to Townsend's Inlet to the north. As with all the barrier islands, it is seperated from the mainland by a one to 2 mile wide swath of marshland and an extensive network of creeks and ponds. This island is home to the upscale resort communities of Stone Harbor and Avalon. At the southern end of the island is the Stone Harbor tile. Stone...
Jetty Jockey
Hello ! In today's update we will be looking at southeastern sections of Middle Township, namely the area around Whitesboro and Burleigh, the marshland on either side of the North Wildwood causeway , and Hereford Inlet. We'll begin on the Whitesboro tile, which includes southern parts of Burleigh. Garden Lake is a former sand and gravel excavation since filled with groundwater. I suspect the fill was used to construct the Garden State Parkway overpass at Exit 6 . Aaron Denny Creek runs south of the North...
Jetty Jockey

Southeast

By Jetty Jockey,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello again and Happy New Year !I'd like to apologize for the delay in getting this update in, but the holidays are an insanely busy time for me. Between 60 hour work weeks and family obligations, I had little time ( or energy for that matter) to spend on my journal. Excuses aside, I'd like to pick up where I left off. Today's update features the southeastern mainland section of the region,...
Jetty Jockey

Challenges

By Jetty Jockey,

Ok, the real reason I posted is it's extremely frustrating to post 3 weeks worth of work and have it viewable for less than a day because of a bugged journal posting shortly after my post. In case you may have missed the Five Mile Beach Island post (page 7), it's a good time to go back and give it a look. While I have your attention, I'd like some ideas on few things that I've been mulling over in regard to development of this journal, once terraforming is complete. The region has 80,000 year-round...
Jetty Jockey
Hello again ! It's been 3 weeks since my last post, and I've been hard at work on the region. If it seems longer than that, my journal had the misfortune of being posted behind a bugged journal and was blocked from showing up in the CJ list. In case you may have missed the Cape Island update, go back and take a look. Today's update features Five Mile Beach Island, more commonly known as the Wildwoods. Prior to 1921, it was actually two seperate islands. Two Mile Beach Island ran northward from Cold...
Jetty Jockey
Today's entry will feature Cape Island, From colonial times until the mid 20th century, the term "Cape Island " referred to the southernmost of the chain of barrier islands that extend nearly one hundred miles along the New Jersey coastline. During that time the island consisted of the land between Cape Island Creek ( lower center of the map, running south from Schellenger's Landing) and Sewell Point (western shore of Cape May Inlet). After the Cape May Canal was completed in 1942, the term "Cape Island"...
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