Editing National Park, New Jersey (section)

===19th century===
In 1895, the area began to be commercially developed as a religious retreat for members of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] and called National Park on the Delaware. The founder, the Rev. James E. Lake, also created [[Ocean City, New Jersey]].<ref>Shamlin, Wilford S. [https://archive.today/20130131143354/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1785557741.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+01,+2005&author=WILFORD+S+SHAMLIN&pub=Courier+Post&desc=National+Park+has+green,+but+no+park&pqatl=google "National Park has green, but no park"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', July 1, 2005. Accessed November 7, 2012. "Originally named National Park on the Delaware River, National Park was incorporated on April 15, 1902. But it was several years earlier, in 1895, that the Rev. James E. Lake, who also founded Ocean City, and others incorporated The National Park Association."</ref>