Editing Beach Haven, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Beach Haven, known as the "Queen City,"<ref>McGarry, Michael. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEA89C69A2B3C0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Parade, Fun And Games Planned For Beach Haven's Centennial"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', October 2, 1990. Accessed August 25, 2013. "The Queen City will celebrate its 100th birthday Saturday with a parade and plenty of fun and games for people of all ages."</ref> is a late 19th-century beachfront resort originally established in 1873 to house wealthy summer residents from Philadelphia. Although some of the major structures, including several hotels and a boardwalk, were lost to storms in the 1940s including the [[Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944]],<ref>DiUlio, Nick. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/jerseyshore/a-world-apart.html "LBI: A World Apart; Summer crowds and chic amenities have encroached on Long Beach Island, but for most, it's still a magic place."], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', May 9, 2011. Accessed August 25, 2013. "It even had a small, 16-block boardwalk in Beach Haven, but that was washed away in a devastating 1944 hurricane."</ref> a large portion of the town retains its Victorian and Edwardian character. The [[Beach Haven Historic District]] listed in the New Jersey and the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in the early 1980s, encompasses the most intact buildings at the core of the resort.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=83001608}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beach Haven Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Michael May |date=August 1981 }}</ref>

The first incident in the [[Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916]] took place at the east end of Engleside Avenue.<ref>[[Michael Capuzzo|Capuzzo, Michael]]. ''[[Close to Shore]]''. [[Broadway Books]], New York 2001.</ref><ref>Cronin, Steven V. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EC76FFAE6593480&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "When ''Jaws'' Was Real / Shark's Four Victims Never Saw Death Coming"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', June 3, 2001. Accessed December 25, 2012. "The shark's first victim was killed on July 1, 1916. Charles Vansant, a well-off 25-year-old Philadelphian, was playing with a dog in the surf off Engleside Avenue in Beach Haven when people on the beach saw a shark's fin heading toward him. The crowd tried to warn Vansant, who couldn't understand what the panicked crowd was shouting."</ref> The ensuing series of attacks along the Jersey Shore became the basis for the book [[Jaws (novel)|''Jaws'']], by [[Peter Benchley]].<ref>Gambino, Megan. [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shark-attacks-that-were-the-inspiration-for-jaws-15220260/ "The Shark Attacks That Were the Inspiration for Jaws One rogue shark. Five victims. A mysterious threat. And the era of the killer great white was born"], ''[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]'', August 6, 2012. Accessed August 29, 2022. "In the summer of 1916, panic struck the Jersey Shore. A shark sunk its teeth into Charles Vansant, the 25-year-old son of a Philadelphia businessman, out for an evening swim in the resort town of Beach Haven on July 1."</ref>