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Reedy Island is a small island in the middle of the channel of the Delaware River near its mouth on the
Delaware Bay Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the northeast seaboard of the United States, lying between the states of Delaware and New Jersey. It is approximately in area, the bay's freshwater mixes for many miles with the saltw ...
in the
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of
Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...
. It is about east of
Port Penn, Delaware Port Penn is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river ...
and southwest of
Salem, New Jersey Salem is a city in and the county seat of Salem County,New Jersey County Map
. The island was the location of Reedy Island Range Front Light and the Reedy Island
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. The Reedy Island Range Rear Light, in nearby Taylors Bridge, is a historic
lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...
first established in 1910. The light is operated by the
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. The nearby keeper's house was destroyed in 2002.


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Pea Patch Island Fort Delaware State Park is a , Delaware state park on Pea Patch Island in the mid channel of the Delaware River near its entrance into Delaware Bay. It is a low, marshy island in New Castle County, Delaware, facing Delaware City on the Dela ...


External links


National Park Service: Reedy Island Range Rear Light

LighthouseFriends.com: Reedy Island Range Rear Light
{{authority control Islands of Delaware Landforms of New Castle County, Delaware Islands of the Delaware River