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	Mispillion Delaware Lighthouse by Harbour Lights
		Mispillion Light was originally established in 1831 when construction was authorized to Winslow Lewis for a sum of $1500.
		The history of Mispillion is sketchy over the next 50 years, and it received only brief attention in 1984 when the skeletal tower was deactivated.
		Mispillion Light was lost just before it could be saved and the beloved lighthouse was moved to the "Lost Lighthouses" list.
	www.harbourlights.com /catalog/2004/mispillion.htm (481 words)

	Delaware - MSN Encarta
		Although the cape itself was later renamed, the name Delaware came to be applied to the Delaware River and Delaware Bay and later to the land along the western shore of the bay and the river.
		The Piedmont in Delaware lies north of the Christina River, and consists of fertile river valleys and rolling wooded hills.
		Delaware borders the estuary of the Delaware River, which is considered to be the state’s principal river.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564845/Delaware.html (1164 words)

	CapeGazette.com - Covering Delaware's Cape Region
		As the tide comes in, parts of the rubble are invisible under the waters, causing a safety hazard for watermen and boat operators using the channel.
		With the crumbling jetty, the islands are not as protected and have begun to erode, leaving less space for the thousands of shorebirds that stop at the Mispillion to feed on horseshoe crab eggs on the way north.
		Carper said a long-term strategy is needed to fix the problems at the Mispillion River, but he said funding is becoming a concern for projects nationwide.
	www.capegazette.com /storiescurrent/0506/carpertoursjetty051906.html (527 words)

	Downtown Milford Delaware Riverwalk
		The Mispillion River has played a vital role in the development of downtown Milford.
		In the late 18th century Reverend Sydenham Thorne built a dam across the Mispillion River to generate power for his gristmill and sawmill.
		The river also was vital to the development of tanneries and canneries which required abundant amounts of water.
	www.downtownmilford.org /riverwalk.html (199 words)

	Mispillion Light - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mispillion Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Mispillion River near the Delaware Bay, Delaware
		The original Mispillion Lighthouse was built in 1831.
		The second Mispillion Lighthouse was a 65 ft square cylindrical wood tower rising from one corner of a 2 story Gothic style wood keeper's house and was built in 1873.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mispillion_Light (193 words)

	State explores no wake zone for Mispillion River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		But a few were in favor of the no wake zone, stating that the wake made by boaters going through this area is causing erosion of the river banks which is killing trees and causing river pollution.
		Bill Pike, city arborist, said that this erosion caused by the wakes is damaging the riparian forest buffer – the area of forested land adjacent to the river that helps filter out river pollutants.
		Carmean said he supports the no wake zone specifically inside the city to protect people using the river for fishing and other recreational activities, and small boats that are docked on the banks.
	www.milfordbeacon.com /milfarchives/08-05-04/pages/newstate.html (484 words)

	Larry's Lights Mispillion, DE
		This structure was erected in 1873 at the mouth of the Mispillion River as it flowed into Delaware Bay, and was fitted with a sixth order Fresnel lens.
		A group, Keepers of Mispillion Light, was formed to oversee the restoration.
		They obtained the original plans for Mispillion lighthouse and used those plans, and what materials they could, to build a replica of the old lighthouse in Shipcarpenter Square in Lewes.
	home.comcast.net /~larrylights/Delaware/mispillion.htm (821 words)

	Delaware Lighthouses
		The clubhouse (2001) of the Jonathan's Creek Golf Course in Magnolia is built as a replica of the 1903 lighthouse, although it appears to be larger.
		The Delaware River and Bay Authority leased the lighthouse in 2001 with the intention of restoring it and opening it to the public.
		In 2004 the Authority and the Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation formed a partnership to carry out these intentions, and the lighthouse was subleased to the Foundation.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/de.htm (2346 words)

	Fire Damage at Mispillion Light (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lightning struck the Mispillion Light at 9:25 am EDT on the morning of May 2, 2002, starting a fire that ravaged the historic building.
		Preservationists formed the Keepers of the Mispillion Light less than year ago, and efforts were ongoing to acquire to the property from its private owner so that preservation could begin.
		For many years it was operated as a restaurant, but in recent years it had been abandoned while its owners sought to sell the valuable property on which it stood, fronting Delaware Bay at the mouth of the Mispillion River.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/photos/mispillionfire.html (242 words)

	Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... Mispillion Lighthouse Virtually Destroyed by Lightning
		For the remainder of 2001, the Keepers of Mispillion Lighthouse took their message to the streets, while continuing to build a solid infrastructure capable of saving the lighthouse once the sale of the property was consummated.
		Burke cited a “lack of communication” between the efforts of the Keepers of Mispillion Light and his family’s interest in the affairs of the lighthouse as the reasoning behind his change of plans.
		Burke indicated that a new Mispillion Lighthouse Trust was to be established with the intent to save a lighthouse still caught in the middle of seemingly endless waves of confusion, disappointment and frustration.
	www.lhdepot.com /Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1363 (799 words)

	capegazette.com - Cape Region's Home Page
		The Mispillion Lighthouse, originally constructed in 1873, provided a guiding beacon for mariners headed into Mispillion Inlet and the port facilities of Milford seven miles to the west.
		The Mispillion Lighthouse, according to information provided for the National Registry application, was built in a “stick Gothic” style with an iron lantern.
		Mispillion Lighthouse was decommissioned in 1929 when it was replaced by a steel-frame tower that is still operated by the US Coast Guard.
	www.capegazette.com /storiescurrent/0504/mispillionlight050704.html (1200 words)

	Local Greenways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Efforts to preserve the Christina River corridor and enhance it with recreational trails and pathways are underway.
		From the mouth of the Mispillion to the lakes and ponds west of Milford there has been a lot of activity in recent years to protect land along the river, improve the waterfront in Milford, and develop trails and walkways where appropriate.
		Efforts to protect and enhance the Nanticoke River corridor are underway by a number of agencies, including the city of Seaford, the Nanticoke River Watershed Conservancy, and the Nature Conservancy.
	www.delawaregreenways.org /DGI_greenways_in_DE.htm#Sussex (2219 words)

	Delaware State Parks -- Things to Do
		Lewes Greenways -- Nanticoke River -- Broad Creek Greenway -- Assawoman Canal
		A one-half mile pathway was constructed from the park entrance on RD 384 to the Route 13 intersection.
		A 3.5 mile canoe trail was established from Route 13 to the Coursey Pond spillway.
	www.destateparks.com /greenway/Traillistmurderkill.htm (399 words)

	The Mispillion Riverwalk Keeps Growing
		The Inns of the Mispillion segment of the riverwalk will begin at the existing walkway on the north bank of the river, west of Walnut Street.
		The river banks will be stabilized with a combination of rip-rap and bioengineering using native wetland plants.
		A new segment of the riverwalk is under construction that will connect Bicentennial Park on the north bank of the Mispillion River with the existing riverwalk and commercial areas.
	www.dnrec.state.de.us /parks/greenway/newsletter/May2000/milford.htm (275 words)

	www.newszap.com
		The Mispillion River remains home to natural beauties such as these arrowhead flowers, right, but more than 300 years of human activity have left the waterway filled with visible and invisible pollutants.
		The state is currently studying the river's chemistry, and might hold public meetings to discuss pollution limits as early as this year, he said.
		She and a partner visit one of the Mispillion's tributaries each month to collect samples, and take notes on litter, water color, smell, and whether the stream's surface and bottom are coated with gunk.
	www.newszap.com /articles/2004/07/21/dm/central_delaware/milf01.txt (1001 words)

	Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... Mispillion Lighthouse —Lost Forever—
		As if this wasn’t enough, on May 2, 2002, a powerful lightning strike suddenly pushed the Mispillion Lighthouse even closer to the brink of oblivion by destroying the sentinel’s light tower and causing a fire that charred the interior of the structure.
		The circumstances surrounding the sudden disappearance of Mispillion Lighthouse have left countless lighthouse enthusiasts, preservationists and locals both bewildered and angry.
		However, the void left by the tragic demise of the Mispillion Lighthouse will weigh heavy on our hearts and permanently alter the perception of life as we knew it on the waters of the Delaware Bay.
	www.lhdigest.com /Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1407 (628 words)

	City of Milford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The reason for this successful industry was due to Milford being located on both the north and south banks of the Mispillion (miss-pill-yin) River.
		Kent County lies on the northern side of the natural boundary; Sussex County is to the south.
		The river flows into the Delaware Bay at the Mispillion Light some 12 miles from its origins in Silver Lake, one of the numerous small lakes and ponds connected by creeks and streams found throughout the area.
	www.cityofmilford.com /index.html (254 words)

	Milford Area Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Founded in 1680, but not incorporated until 1807, the city of Milford is divided by the Mispillion River.
		With its location on the Mispillion, it is not surprising to learn that Milford was home to a booming and vital ship building industry by the time of the American Revolution.
		Home to the Mispillion River Walk, a greenway space designed to highlight the town’s waterfront, Milford also sports many recreational parks and parklands, including the Abbot’s Mill Nature Center.
	www.robino.com /milford-area.php (275 words)

	GLWI \| Interesting Facts
		In a 2004 clean up organized by Friends of Milwaukee’s Rivers, approximately 100 lbs.
		It will probably run from 1st and Becher Street to 6th and Rosedale Court, and is scheduled for completion in 2007.
		Expansion of trails along the river could lead to positive investment in the community and provide recreation areas for citizens.
	www.glwi.uwm.edu /research/aquaticecology/kkriver/InterestingFacts.php (246 words)

	Downtown Milford Delaware History
		A century later the Reverend Sydenham Thorne built a dam across the Mispillion River to generate power for his gristmill and sawmill.
		In the 1770's, a ship building industry was already flourishing on the Mispillion River.
		When the last of the area’s giant white oaks was cut in the 1920s, the shipyards quickly went out of business, although the Mispillion ships sailed on for many years.
	www.downtownmilford.org /history-milford.html (295 words)

	Project building on history - Delaware Coast Press - delmarvanow.com
		It will be extended to border the river in front of FisherHawke Landing and link the condo community to the rest of the municipality.
		In addition, Burton said two and half acres of land located adjacent to the property is being restored in order to create a nature preserve with indigenous trees, vegetation and a frog pond.
		Burton said the river walkway, which will run from Goat Island to Silver Lake in Milford, will allow people to enjoy a nice walk through a natural setting and will enable people to travel by foot into downtown Milford.
	www.delmarvanow.com /deweybeach/stories/20060329/2267103.html (750 words)

	PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 05-889
		The project is located in the Mispillion River Watershed in the Town of Milford, Sussex County, DE.
		The project is located in the Delaware River Watershed in the Township of Florence, Burlington County, NJ.
		Construction of the River Crest STP is nearing completion at the River Crest golf course community development located off Black Rock Road and SR 29 in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County.
	www.pabulletin.com /secure/data/vol35/35-19/889.html (2239 words)

	Milford High School Alumni Association-School History Page
		Early Milford, because of its unique geographical location in two counties and its division by the Mispillion River, had developed almost as two separate towns.
		The administration of the two schools in Milford was consolidated in 1877 by the act of the state legislature.
		Such consolidation naturally produced in some minds the idea that Milford should have a single high school instead of the two which continued to be very separate despite legislation passed in Dover.
	www.milfordalumni.com /history.htm (1686 words)

	GAO Decision - Unbalanced Bidding
		Where the apparent low bid is not unreasonably overstated and the proposed awardee's price for mobilization and demobilization does not constitute an advance payment, the bid need not be rejected as unbalanced and front-loaded.
		The IFB states that the contractor is required to begin actual dredging within 15 calendar days of receiving the notice to proceed and to complete the entire project, including all dredging and disposal operations, no later than 90 calendar days after receiving the notice to proceed.
		Accordingly, all necessary equipment is required to be at the entrance channel of the Mispillion River, the first site to be dredged, within 15 calendar days.
	www.phslegal.com /Fedcon/fedc0295.htm (1666 words)

	Delaware State Parks -- Things to Do
		Riparian landowners are contacted and encouraged to become stewards of the greenway corridor by managing their lands in an environmentally sensitive manner and to consider taking permanent measures to protect their property through conservation easement or other strategies.
		The City of Dover, Kent County and the State of Delaware are working together to protect land and develop a trai l network in the St. Jones River watershed.
		The Mispillion Riverwalk connects Milford’s downtown business area with the library and several city parks.
	www.destateparks.com /greenway/traillist/traillist2.htm (470 words)

	Delaware State Parks -- Things to Do
		A main street gateway adjacent to the river is under construction.
		The Nanticoke Watershed Preservation Committee and the Nanticoke River Conservancy are two Delaware grassroots groups working to protect the area's valuable natural and cultural resources.
		The center of this greenway is in the heart of Laurel.
	www.dnrec.state.de.us /parks/greenway/Traillistlewes.htm (324 words)

	Milford, Delaware
		Two dual highways, U.S. Route 113 and State Route 1, provide easy access to the beach resorts for the numerous tourists from the New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore/Washington areas who flock to the ocean each summer.
		The Mispillion River, which bisects the downtown area, divides Milford into two counties.
		Kent County lies on the northern side of the river, Sussex County is to the south.
	www.beach-net.com /TownsMilford.html (107 words)

	www.newszap.com
		DNREC wildlife biologist Kevin Kalasz stands on the deck of the Mispillion Interpretive Center, expected to open next spring, during this past weekend's sneak peek event.
		The Mispillion River already attracts tourists from all corners of the globe each spring and summer.
		Last week, a one-mile stretch of shoreline at the Mispillion Harbor was declared protected property by the Conservation Fund.
	www.newszap.com /articles/2006/05/29/dm/central_delaware/dsn04.txt (672 words)

	Mispillion Lighthouse, Delaware at Lighthousefriends.com
		The Mispillion Lighthouse was struck by lightning on May 2, 2002.
		The surviving lower section of the lighthouse has been removed, but a metal skeleton tower that replaced the lighthouse remains at the site.
		Formerly located at the mouth of the Mispillion River, north of Slaughter Beach.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=455 (137 words)

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