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Pea Patch Island
Pea Patch Island
is a small
island
, approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) long, in the
U.S. state
of
Delaware
, located in the mid channel of the
Delaware River
near its entrance into
Delaware Bay
. It is a low, marshy island, located in
New Castle County
, facing
Delaware City
on the Delaware shore, and
Finns Point
on the
New Jersey
shore. Once the location of strategic military defenses, the island is currently owned by the State of Delaware as
Fort Delaware State Park
.
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