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The '''Brau Kettle''' is a geological feature known as a [[karst]] that is located along the [[Wallpack Ridge]] in the [[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]] in [[Sandyston Township, New Jersey]].  Its name derives from the Dutch for "brewing kettle" or "boiling kettle" which describes how water suddenly bubbles up from the ground.<ref>Dalton, Richard F. Bulletin 70: Caves of New Jersey (Trenton: New Jersey Geological Survey: n.d.), 6.</ref>  This site is referenced in early French Jesuit and Dutch colonial manuscripts as a landmark near which colonial traders exchanged goods with the [[Lenape|Munsee]] and other local Native American tribes.   According to the [[New Jersey Geological Survey]], the feature looks like a [[sinkhole]] in dry times during the year.  It is known to flow at random, after periods of precipitation, and is thought to be fed by a [[sinking stream]] that vanishes in the forest roughly 1,800 feet away.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/newsletter/v2n1.pdf Unearthing New Jersey (Newsletter) Vol. 2 No. 1 Winter 2006]. (Trenton: New Jersey Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Protection, 2006).</ref>

==See also==
* [[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]]
* [[Geology of New Jersey]]
* [[Sussex County, New Jersey]]

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[[Category:Geology of New Jersey]]
[[Category:Landforms of Sussex County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]]
[[Category:Sandyston Township, New Jersey]]