Youghiogheny

American  

[yok-uh-gey-nee] / ˌyɒk əˈgeɪ ni /

noun

1. a river flowing from NW Maryland through SW Pennsylvania into the Monongahela River. 135 miles (217 km) long.

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Example Sentences

The letter — which Schlosnagle said he handed to Moore personally at an event in Annapolis last week — urges lawmakers and the DNR to use the trail funds set aside for the Youghiogheny River canyon for an alternative route that would run between Friendsville and Youghiogheny Lake and include a new bridge over existing bridge trestles.

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The Aug. 26 Metro article “It’s a question of access” discussed proposed changes to the Youghiogheny River Scenic Corridor, a wild river in Western Maryland.

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Supporters — including the nonprofit Garrett Trails, an organization led by resort, lodging, local government and other recreational business interests — say the Youghiogheny canyon trail would bring greater public access to a gorgeous piece of Appalachian landscape and boost the region’s struggling economy, especially once it’s linked to the Great Allegheny Passage rail-trail running from Cumberland, Md., to Pittsburgh.

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Hammond, a security systems consultant, said when he was living in Cleveland, he used to run the Youghiogheny rapids once a month or so and came to love the area so much he moved to Garrett County.

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“I feel that it would make an economic impact because it would go through an amazing area. However, that amazing area would be changed forever,” said Eric Harder, the nonprofit Mountain Watershed Association’s Youghiogheny Riverkeeper.

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