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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
People: Volunteers and Volunteer Efforts

Most of these features were first published in the park's newsletter, Spanning the Gap (STG) or in the Cultural Resource Management magazine, CRM. STG and CRM features are pdf files.
For related pages in this website, and for links to other websites for each feature,
look up the feature under:
NEWS: Park Newspaper-Features from Back Issues, by year (STG features) or under:
NEWS: Park Newspaper-CRM Magazine, by topic (CRM features)  

 Native American People and Colonial American People (under Collections: Archeology)

 

INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS

Art and Architecture: VIP treatment (STG: Spring 1997 Vol. 19, No. 1) A summer as a park volunteer in historic preservation. By Volunteer David Tipson.

Living Treasures: A Life in History
Len Peck (STG: Summer 2007 Vol. 29 No. 1) The 97-year-old preservationist and park volunteer. By Superintendent John Donahue.

 

GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS

Down by the Riverside (under People: Groups)

Camp Staff Breathes New Life into Old Cabin CRM (Cultural Resource Management) Magazine: Saved from the Dam Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By former campers Chuck Evertz and Larry Smotroff (2 printed pages pdf file)

Preserving and Interpreting Historic Houses: VIPS Show the Way CRM (Cultural Resource Management) Magazine: Saved from the Dam Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By NPS-Northeast 1996 volunteer-in-parks (VIP) of the Year Leonard R. Peck (2 printed pages pdf file)

 
A low long steamboat passing  a riverbank with canoes on it  

Did You Know?
... that a century before this recreation area was formed, the Delaware Water Gap was touted as a Wonder of the World, and drew vacationers via rail lines from Philadelphia and New York City. There were trails to stroll, verandas for viewing the gap, and a steamboat for moonlight cruises.
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Last Updated: July 08, 2009 at 15:53 EST