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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Nat'l Recreation Area
Nat'l Recreation Area

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Delaware · DE

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The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,978-acre (64.66 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located along the eastern coast of Kent County, Delaware, United States, on Delaware Bay. It was established on March 16, 1937, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory and wintering waterfowl along the Atlantic Flyway. The Refuge was purchased from local land owners with federal duck stamp funds.

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