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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaChat with a villager on Historic Activities Day, Millbrook Village NJ
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
For Teachers

The recreation area has more than recreation in it: it has significant natural and cultural resources that can serve as the basis for classroom or field trip learning. These pages detail the opportunites for learning through a visit to the park, or study about the park.

For more information, please contact the Chief of Visitor Services at (570) 426-2432 (E-mail)

Architect's aerial view of an earthen dam stretching across a wide river  

Did You Know?
... that the reservoir of the proposed Tocks Island Dam would have inundated 30 miles of the Delaware River and 30,000 acres of its river valley (now part of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The defeat of the dam was an early victory of the environmental movement in this country.
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Last Updated: June 01, 2007 at 10:07 EST