The Tuckahoe River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 blackwater river in southern New Jersey in the United States.
One of the few blackwater rivers in the northeastern United States, the river drains an area of the southern Pinelands and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
Course The Tuckahoe River rises in central Atlantic County, approximately east of Vineland and flows south, then east, forming part of the boundary between Atlantic and Cape May counties, then past Tuckahoe, where it becomes navigable. It flows into Great Egg Harbor Bay just south of the mouth of the Great Egg Harbor River, approximately southwest of Atlantic City. The lower form a widening estuary through Great Cedar Swamp downstream from its head of navigation at Tuckahoe.
Tributaries Cedar Swamp Creek
See also List of rivers of New Jersey
References
External links Tuckahoe River photographs by Michael Hogan U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations