Tucker's Island

Before Long Beach Island was known as a summer resort, there was Tucker’s Island. This true, Atlantis-like tale begins with the tragic experiences of the first known settlers to the lost island south of present-day Beach Haven. In this film we learn how New Jersey's first Seashore resort came to be abandoned, reclaimed by storms, tides and shifting sand, and nearly forgotten. 

We learn of the enterprising Tucker family who created a place for summer recreation and repose and a safe haven for wayward seamen. We learn of the father and son team of Eber and Arthur Rider who saw that the Little Egg Harbor Lighthouse would stay lit for 63 years — until the sea swallowed up the light in 1927.

Detailing the marvelous yet short history of this mysterious place, Tucker’s Island tenderly recalls long ago summer days of childhood fun strolling through shipwrecks and abandoned hotels and evenings filled with laughter and good company. 

Featuring Long Beach Island’s historian John Bailey Lloyd, and the last living residents' memories of the final years of Tucker's Island. Narration by former Surflight Theatre director Guil Fisher and period music played exclusively by local musicians.

"Absorbing... captivating." — The SandPaper

Limited Remaining Stock — VHS ONLY (watch for a future digital release)
Running time: 55 min.