It is the site of the Zwaanendael Colony, the first permanent European presence on the Delaware Bay in 1631, settled by a group of settlers under David Pietersz.

The settlers landed near this spot to form a whale hunting station and agricultural settlement.

A monument was erected on the site; it was dedicated on September 22, 1909.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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