Long Beach Island, Ocean County, New Jersey
By Karl Hess, on The Jersey Shore
(Keller Williams Shore Properties)
Long Beach Island, or “LBI” to the informed, is a barrier island off the coast of Ocean County, New Jersey. Even at the widest point of this 18-mile-long island sprinkled with small shore towns like Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, Surf City and Long Beach Township, you’re never more than half a mile from the other side.The island has been continuously settled since 1690, initially being a destination for hunters. Barnegat Inlet, to the north of the island, was an important path for freight shipments and whaling from the 17th century through the 20th century. Barnegat Bay, bordering the western side of the island is an integral part of the Intracoastal Waterway. (The Intracoastal Waterway is a 1,500-mile inland waterway along the Atlantic coast running from Bost...
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