Weehawken Cove
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Weehawken Cove is a body of water on the west bank of the Hudson River that straddles the boundary between the New Jersey municipalities of Hoboken to the south and Weehawken to the north. The first European explorer to sight the cove was Henry Hudson, who anchored his ship in the cove on October 2, 1609.[1] Most of the harbor is within Hoboken boundaries, but a small section is in Weehawken. A pair of apartment complexes have been built along the cove in the last decade. At the perimeter of the cove are completed sections the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, offering views of Manhattan and the Palisades.
In 2005, David Roberts, the mayor of Hoboken, unveiled a plan to build a Hoboken Cove parkat nearby 1600 Park Avenue. It also known as North Hoboken Harbor, Hoboken Cove and Hoboken's Inner Harbor),
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- ^ Hoboken's earliest days: Before becoming a city, 'Hobuck' went through several incarnations, Hudson Reporter, January 16, 2005. "On October 2, 1609, Henry Hudson anchored his ship, the Half Moon, in what is now Weehawken Cove. Robert Juet, Hudson's first mate, wrote in the ship's log, "[W]e saw a good piece of ground ... that looked of the color of white green." The rock of which Juet wrote makes up Castle Point in Hoboken; nowhere else along the Hudson River exists a white-green rock formation."
Coordinates: 40°45′23″N 74°01′30″W / 40.756425°N 74.025053°W
