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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaPainting of the Delaware Water Gap by Karl Merchant.
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Stories: Language and the Arts

Most of the features below 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) 

 

LANGUAGE and the ARTS

What's in a Name? (STG: Summer 1984 Vol. 7 No. 2) Some common Native American place names in the area.

Artist's Perspective. (STG: Fall/Winter: 1994-1995 Vol. 16, No. 3) An artist's appreciation of natural and historical subjects in the recreation area. By Stroudsburg PA watercolorist Penny Ross.

Metalworker and craft artist Marie Zimmermann (1879-1972) (under People: Individuals)

 

Photo Galleries on all subjects
A colorful handful of round boy scout patches.  

Did You Know?
... that Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area includes lands which once belonged to 5 New Jersey boy scout camps. Private and religious camps also flourished along the riverbanks that are now part of the park at sites such as Turn Farm PA, Coppermine Inn NJ, and Coppermine Hiking Area NJ.
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Last Updated: July 08, 2009 at 16:12 EST