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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 ranger taking a sample of water from a creek  

Did You Know?
... that the Middle Delaware River exceeds ordinary federal standards for clean water. Because of this, special higher standards have been set for the river, so it does not "deteriorate" to being just "clean enough." The river in this park is, and will remain, truly "cleaner than clean."
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Last Updated: July 08, 2009 at 16:12 EST