History The first residents of what would become Egg Harbor Township were the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, who would spend their summers on the elevated land around the cedar swamp that is now Bargaintown Lake, as well as along the banks of Patcong Creek, where they made use of the abundant fish, shellfish, wild berries, and bird's eggs in the area and collected shells that could be carved to make wampum.Mason, Beryl D. "Bargaintown" , Sketches of Egg Harbor Township, 1964, by the Egg Harbor Township Terecentenary Publications Committee.
History The first residents of what would become Egg Harbor Township were the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, who would spend their summers on the elevated land around the cedar swamp that is now Bargaintown Lake, as well as along the banks of Patcong Creek where they made use of the abundant fish, she,llfish, wild berries, and bird's eggs in the area and collected shells that could be carved to make wampum.Mason, Beryl D. "Bargaintown" , Sketches of Egg Harbor Township, 1964, by the Egg Harbor Township Terecentenary Publications Committee.