Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

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New River Gorge National Park is America's Newest National Park. I wanted to learn its story and so I traveled there in search of its secrets. What I found was a river unlike any other, with a long and vibrant history that has wound its way through the heart of Appalachia. Let me show you... the New River.

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Sources and Resources:
nps.gov/neri/learn/nature/plants.htm
nps.gov/neri/learn/nature/animals.htm
web.archive.org/web/20150322083820/https://www.nps.gov/neri/learn/nature/the-new-river-fact-or-fiction.htm
web.archive.org/web/20150405152048/http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geology/geoles01.htm
nps.gov/neri/learn/nature/index.htm
nps.gov/neri/learn/nature/naturalfeaturesandecosystems.htm
nps.gov/neri/learn/nature/geology.htm
npca.org/articles/1990-the-oldest-river-in-north-america

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