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Lehigh Gorge State Park

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over long distances by water, and one consequence was roads were not much more than unimproved tracks frequently more muddy ruts or filled with rocky obstacles as they wandered about trees and along ridgelines striving to stay above streams. Wagons were useful only on locally improved roads and with a traditional labor shortage and lack of distinct feudal structures there were few ways to draft a large enough work party to improve roads even within a township, so in the main they remained primitive. Traditional Amerindian footpaths or game trails did not co-exist readily with carts or wagons, and bridges were scarce while streams swarm along the bottom of every valley in rain-blessed Pennsylvania.
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between Mauch Chunk and Nesquehoning—a great bending flat bottomed former lake bed between steep sided valley walls. Hence LC&N had tamed the lower river and a mule road was operating reliably enough to deliver coal in a timely manner from Summit Hill and new mines being dug at what are now
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the left bank or northern part of the borough of Jim Thorpe. This access point is on the opposite bank from the Glen Onoko nature and hiking trail which climbs up slope westerly alongside the tributary descending Glen Onoko Falls giving the eponymous name to that region of the lower gorge, whilst the
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While eight mules could carry a ton, each 4-5 mules needed a human to lead them and their loads needed to be laboriously loaded and unloaded at the beginning and end of each day's march. It was the end days of the era that had held for millennia— when shipping bulks goods was only practicable
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However, Lehigh Gorge and its rapid waters stood in the way as barges could not pass the rapids. This relegated to shipping coal by slow mule train, which is labor-intensive and costly, as it is pragmatically limited to an eighth ton per mule. After 1818 fuel shortages were growing acute, and the
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to a place where barges, not just cargo boats could be loaded with greater coal production—and more importantly, the several rapids which swallowed many a coal boat in the prior decade could be tamed. This early 1818 plan would put coal within 12 miles of a reliable water transport route to
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and both the navigational works and the mule road were re-routed so they reached Mauch Chunk, the mule road high enough to dump coal by chutes into barges on the town's quay. By 1824 the company was flush with cash, had been further improving the lower river with two way locks— and seeking
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In 1818, fed up with sporadic and unreliable deliveries by the Lehigh Coal Mining Company, several Philadelphia foundry owners, led by two known for high tech thinking, combined and leased the mining rights and took over management of LCMC. They also formed the Lehigh Navigation Company (LCN) to
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and the rapid development of pragmatic railroading technologies and consequent accelerated growth and use of railroads—all contributing factors in the Pennsylvanian and North American Industrial Revolution. By the 1790s deforestation of the American East, like it had in Britain a century
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Lehigh descends through several sharp curves before reaching the slack water elevation of Nesquehoning Junction between Jim Thorpe and Nesquehoning. The two railroad lines which competed for trade along the Lehigh diverge to run on opposite shores at this entrance.
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soon after on the left bank. The river veers west here and makes a large, tight bend at Rockport and the central access point (right bank), before heading back east, then south, west, and then generally south again. Some of the land bordering the river here is
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on the right bank, with the Glen Onoko southern access point on the right bank in Lehigh Township, just before Nesquehoning. Soon both banks of the river are within the borough of Jim Thorpe, and shortly after this the park ends, just above the
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partially barged and partial mule-trained coal deliveries by the Lehigh Coal Mining Company were unpredictable and sporadic. This problem was solved by Josiah White who leased the operating rights and also formed the
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visited the Lehigh Gorge in 1829 and spent over a month painting the birds of the area. At this time the gorge was largely untouched by human hands, but Audubon could see that this was not to last. The demand for
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was but just over a ridge and a half days haul by mules away. Both mineral-finds lead directly to rapid coal mining development of the area, which began first commercially by a
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and began to systematically put into place the original series of dams and locks and channel improvements of the navigation from Easton on the Delaware the 40 miles up to the
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The Lehigh River forms the border between Carbon and Luzerne counties in the northern part of the park. The northern end of Lehigh Gorge State Park is just below the
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earlier, was making the search for alternative fuels urgent and with England's experience of coal many were willing to invest in ventures to somehow mine and ship
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would be expensive and that given the experience building the Allegheny Portage Railroad, a similar work could be constructed along with Navigations through the
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mining, which was once the center of the high-tech economy of northeastern Pennsylvania. It is also tied into the early-to-middle period of the United States'
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south through the park from the village of Port Jenkins in Dennison Township in Luzerne County to Glen Onoko in Lehigh Township in Carbon County.
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was intense during the mid-to-late 19th century and the forests of much of Pennsylvania were stripped bare. Lehigh Gorge was no exception, its
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in 1791 above the steep sided valleys surrounding Tamaqua, but the news quickly led to other discoveries such as on at the minor peak called
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where it could be barged to the cities of the east coast of the United States. England's technological lead was obvious and its extensive
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Philadelphia, and the Lehigh Navigation Company (LCN)'s had no trouble recruiting workers nor raising money to make the lower
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The Lehigh Gorge Trail is a 26-mile (42 km), multiuse rail trail. The trail is part of the 165-mile (266 km),
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from Penobscot to White Haven, whilst extending the Navigations on the Lehigh up through the Gorge and constructing a
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the state legislature had formed the Canal Commission and begun funding the survey work and start up of the future
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The river and park then leave Luzerne County, with the southern part of the park entirely within Carbon County.
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Hunting is permitted in much of Lehigh Gorge State Park. Hunters must follow the rules and regulations of the
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or gap between highlands, and was an important barge loading transshipment point on the newly extended upper
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By 1822, the navigations reached the broad flats of Mauch Chunk and the two companies were merged into the
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The primary recreational use of Lehigh Gorge State Park is on the whitewater of the gorge. Other uses are
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were directly trying to compete for the trans-Allegheny trade by incorporation of the ambitious goals of
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were harvested and sent down the Lehigh River. The wood was used for lumber and the bark was used in
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Lehigh Gorge was a resort area for a brief time at the turn of the 20th century. Railroads operated
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through the nature-destroyed remains of the former lower lock just above navigable waters in the
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dating from the 1837 enabling legislation set up to join the Lehigh and Susquehanna Valleys via
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was given much credit for the success of Britain's industries and its emergence as the sole
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was destroyed by severe flooding in the mid-19th century and was eventually replaced by
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The following state parks are within 30 miles (48 km) of Lehigh Gorge State Park:
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lines that led to a resort area at Glen Onoko. The resort hotel there had 47 rooms,
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There are three primary access areas for the park. The northern access point is at
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other sources, began buying more coal lands and eventually bought lands around
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Glen Onoko Creek, a section of the cascade waterfalls on the right bank of the
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ignited a massive forest fire that burned the debris, the remaining standing
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Other factions pointed out by the early 1830s that the long channel across
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Between November 1852 and September 1855 a railway line was built for the
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and became a key element in one of the nation's first vertical mergers.
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six miles due east of Tamaqua and as much closer to the ship-navigable
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The history of Lehigh Gorge State Park is tied into the development of
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on the right (Luzerne) bank, and returns to Kidder Township, passing
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in 1792. Shortly after other coal mining ventures also began up the
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through the gorge by reshaping the river, initially to the foot of
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assures that anglers will have plenty of chances to catch fish by
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By mid-decade in the 1820s, inspired by LC&N success and the
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in the Schuylkill Valley as well as closer to Harrisburg down the
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The primary recreational activity at Lehigh Gorge State Park is
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that are in compliance with the rules and regulations of the
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Lackawanna Heritage Valley National and State Heritage Area
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Historic stereoscopic view of the Glen Onoko Falls on the
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to surmount to the Monongahela and Ohio valleys via the
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Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College
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from wharves across Wilkes-Barre between its suburbs
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2007 General Highway Map Carbon County Pennsylvania
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The park then enters the borough of 5003:Protected areas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 252:fed initially by a shortline railroad from the 4998:Protected areas of Carbon County, Pennsylvania 1791:Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor 1430:"Find a Park Northeast Pennsylvania Mountains" 461:High grade coal was discovered by a hunter on 375:is on the right bank, with the river entering 1806:Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River 1505: 4713:Carbon County Environmental Education Center 1831:Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River 849: 477:—from Summit Hill, the rapids plagued 4798:Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center 4753:Honey Hollow Environmental Education Center 1796:Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area 297:and across the bridge to the north bank on 1512: 1498: 750:were built between what was then known as 1405:"Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation" 1374:"Find a Park by Region (interactive map)" 1049:Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center 736:Mount Pisgah, Carbon County, Pennsylvania 526: 301:to the Glen Onoko neighborhood, formerly 4843:Riverbend Environmental Education Center 1396: 1240: 1238: 936: 869: 792: 590: 313: 4903:Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve 4763:John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove 1402: 1305: 1232:Travel Blog, accessdate=5 October 2013. 911:International Scale of River Difficulty 551:—up to the southern mouth of the 360:Leaving the boroughs, the river enters 337:on the right bank (Luzerne County) and 213:flood control dam in Luzerne County to 72:Location of Lehigh Gorge State Park in 60:Lehigh Gorge State Park in October 2006 14: 4970: 4788:McKeever Environmental Learning Center 1464:"Lehigh Gorge State Park Official map" 1268: 1195: 1193: 1191: 1189: 956: 388:on the left bank, then the borough of 4988:Parks in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 4823:Pocono Environmental Education Center 1811:Middle Delaware National Scenic River 1493: 1235: 1007: 995:Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission 686:Ashley Planes Inclined Plane Railroad 654:Mauch Chunk & Summit Hill Railway 4983:Parks in Carbon County, Pennsylvania 4952: 4778:Latodami Nature Center at North Park 4658:Mohn Mill Ponds Wild Plant Sanctuary 708:Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company 637:. By that time, the city fathers of 581:Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company 533:Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company 4993:Protected areas established in 1980 4848:Shaver's Creek Environmental Center 4808:Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art 1577:Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church NHS 1301:Note: shows Lehigh Gorge State Park 1264:Note: shows Lehigh Gorge State Park 1186: 1167:Geographic Names Information System 1154: 1004:in the waters of the Lehigh River. 586: 24: 4698:Benjamin Olewine III Nature Center 1977:Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry 1816:Susquehanna National Heritage Area 1786:Allegheny National Recreation Area 993:is not permitted at the park. The 909:is rated a Class III river on the 25: 5019: 1456: 758:. The Upper Grand Section of the 270:The central access point is near 185:is a 4,548 acres (1,841 ha) 4951: 4921: 4920: 4838:Richard Nixon Park Nature Center 1100: 702:, outletting in area of today's 408:, follows the right bank of the 66: 54: 48:V (protected landscape/seascape) 4723:Endless Mountains Nature Center 1422: 1172:United States Geological Survey 746:. Twenty dams and twenty nine 559:near the mouth of the Gorge at 4868:Tom Ridge Environmental Center 4783:McKaig Nature Education Center 4773:Lancaster Environmental Center 4693:Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve 1552:Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS 1366: 1341: 1223: 1129: 227: 13: 1: 4863:Strawberry Hill Nature Center 4793:Millbrook Marsh Nature Center 4653:Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 1544:& National Historic Sites 1542:NPS National Historical Parks 1313:"Lehigh Gorge State Park Map" 1122: 865: 517:Ridge-and-valley Appalachians 456: 382:Pennsylvania State Game Lands 4908:Woodcock Creek Nature Center 4873:Trexler Environmental Center 4663:Stone Valley Recreation Area 1704:USFS National Historic Sites 963:Pennsylvania Game Commission 919:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 328:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 211:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 205:, which stretches along the 7: 5008:State parks of Pennsylvania 4893:Whites' Woods Nature Center 1409:Northern Arizona University 1093: 1083:(Monroe and Wayne Counties) 886:. The park is also open to 797:A 1907 postcard of the park 643:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 631:Pennsylvania's great valley 481:and the higher capacity of 368:on the left (Carbon) bank. 132:4,548 acres (18.41 km) 10: 5024: 4818:Peace Valley Nature Center 4803:Myrick Conservation Center 4738:Great Valley Nature Center 4733:Frick Environmental Center 965:. Common game species are 945:in Lehigh Gorge State Park 897: 625:Pennsylvanian Great Valley 620:Allegheny Portage Railroad 530: 503:in a third watershed, the 492:Lehigh Coal Mining Company 415: 140:1,027 ft (313 m) 26: 4916: 4853:Silver Lake Nature Center 4833:Powdermill Nature Reserve 4728:Fern Hollow Nature Center 4718:Churchville Nature Center 4675: 4645: 4537: 2984: 2906: 2793: 2160: 2112:Sheets Island Archipelago 1852: 1843: 1776: 1753: 1722:National Wildlife Refuges 1720: 1702: 1684: 1666: 1638: 1605: 1540: 1531: 1201:"Lehigh Gorge State Park" 1162:"Lehigh Gorge State Park" 1137:"Lehigh Gorge State Park" 1033:Frances Slocum State Park 932: 927:United States Coast Guard 850:From resort to state park 788: 695:Lehigh Navigation Company 542:build navigations up the 357:, opposite White Haven. 309: 201:. The park encompasses a 170: 160: 152: 144: 136: 128: 91: 80: 65: 53: 43: 38: 4858:South Park Nature Center 4708:Briar Bush Nature Center 4703:Boyce Park Nature Center 921:. All boaters must wear 4878:Trexler Nature Preserve 4828:Pool Wildlife Sanctuary 4748:Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 4683:Abernathy Field Station 2032:M.K. 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The hunting of 979:white-tailed deer 700:Mauch Chunk Creek 347:Dennison Township 254:Mountain Top yard 180: 179: 16:(Redirected from 5015: 4955: 4954: 4924: 4923: 2986:State Game Lands 2956:Schuylkill River 2941:Lower Brandywine 2775:White Clay Creek 2690:Simon B. Elliott 2600:Prince Gallitzin 2445:Leonard Harrison 2175:Archbald Pothole 2067:Pine Creek Gorge 1957:Frank E. Masland 1932:David R. Johnson 1922:Charles F. Lewis 1850: 1849: 1755:Wilderness areas 1686:National Forests 1597:Valley Forge NHP 1587:Independence NHP 1538: 1537: 1514: 1507: 1500: 1491: 1490: 1481: 1477: 1475: 1469:. Archived from 1468: 1450: 1449: 1447: 1445: 1436:. Archived from 1426: 1420: 1419: 1417: 1415: 1400: 1394: 1393: 1391: 1389: 1380:. Archived from 1370: 1364: 1363: 1361: 1359: 1345: 1339: 1338: 1336: 1334: 1328: 1322:. Archived from 1317: 1309: 1303: 1299: 1297: 1295: 1289: 1282: 1272: 1266: 1262: 1260: 1258: 1252: 1242: 1233: 1230:Glen Onoko Falls 1227: 1221: 1220: 1218: 1216: 1207:. 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Lehigh Gorge
Lehigh Gorge Trail
IUCN category


Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
40°57′58″N 75°45′31″W / 40.96611°N 75.75861°W / 40.96611; -75.75861
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Lehigh Gorge State Park
Pennsylvania state park
Luzerne
Carbon Counties
Pennsylvania
gorge
Lehigh River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Jim Thorpe
white water rafting
White Haven
Interstate 80
Pennsylvania Route 940
gully
Lehigh Canal
Mountain Top yard
Mountain Top
Ashley Planes
incline railway
Rockport
Pennsylvania Route 93

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