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Delaware Water Gap

American  

noun

  1. a gorge on the boundary between E Pennsylvania and NW New Jersey.


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Ella Vallverdu, 14, learned in May that her camp, Pine Forest, in Pennsylvania near the Delaware Water Gap, would be hosting a two-day mahjong clinic.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

His father operated a small hotel, the Bellevue Inn, from a Victorian house near the Delaware Water Gap.

From Washington Post Jan. 6, 2023

Last year, the outbreak canceled a nearly half-century-old school tradition that ends freshman year — a mandatory 50-mile hike over five days along the western edge of New Jersey to the Delaware Water Gap.

From New York Times Jun. 25, 2021

When New York City suddenly shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March, Marilyn moved to Pike County, Pennsylvania, a rural region hugging the scenic Delaware Water Gap and the Pocono Mountains.

From Slate Sep. 30, 2020

I was in the midst of several thousand acres of exquisitely pretty woodlands shared jointly by Worthington State Forest and the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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