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< WV 4. Canaan Valley. Acreage: 20,500. 



1 Location: Tucker County, between N 39° 00' and N 39° 10' and between 



QC W 79° 20' and 79° 30'; Davis Quadrangle; 3 miles W of Davis; via U.S. 219 



> and Rt. 32. 



V) Description: Large flat basin 3000 ft in elevation, surrounded by 4000 ft moun- 



> tains. Contains numerous glades or bogs, some over 2 miles long and 0.5 mile 

 wide, originally covered by mature spruce and impenetrable thickets of 

 Rhododendron maximum in the moist sites. Natural stands of balsam fir and red 

 spruce are represented, in addition to many other northern species. Supports 

 numerous beaver ponds. 



References: Clarkson, R. B. 1966. Vascular flora of Monongahela National 

 Forest. Castanea 31(1 ):29-3 1 . 



Encroachments: Now grazed, although livestock do not graze the bog areas. 

 Canaan Valley State Park will preserve some of the area. Power Company an- 

 nounced plans for a 7000-acre impoundment for a pump-storage project, using 

 Dobbin Slashing Area for the upper reservoir. Vacation cabins and possibly strip 

 mining. 



Ownership: Several private owners including Ben Thompson, Davis, W. Va. 

 26260. Also Canaan Valley State Park and Monongahela Power Co. 



Data source: E. M. Olliver, P.O. Box 1231, Elkins, W. Va. 26241; J. C. Rieffen- 

 berger, 101 Randolph, Elkins, W. Va. 26241. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Virgil Spitzer, Superintendent, Blackwater Falls 

 State Park, Davis, W. Va. 26260; Harold Walters, Davis, W. Va. 26260; J. C. 

 Rieffenberger, Game Biologist, Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, 

 W. Va. 25305; M. L. Cooper, Davis, W. Va. 26260. 



