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 Evansburg State Park - Collegeville, PA Posted by:  Janila
N 40° 12.043 W 075° 24.225
18T E 465637 N 4450112
Originally inhabited by the Unami of the Lenni Lenape Nation, Evansburg became a state park in 1979.
Waymark Code: WMZB7G
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2018
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From the Evansburg State Park website ( visit link) : "Evansburg State Park is in southcentral Montgomery County between Norristown and Collegeville. Evansburg offers a significant area of green space and relative solitude in an urbanized area. Its main natural feature, the Skippack Creek, has dissected the land into ridges and valleys that create feelings of enclosures and provide scenic views. The first European settlers were Mennonite farmers who powered their industries with the water of the Skippack. Even now, mill remnants, mill buildings, and houses from the eighteenth and nineteenth century dot the park landscape and serve as reminders of early American life. Today, the park is a quilt work of cropland, meadows, old fields, and mature woodlands that attracts day use visitors from the Montgomery County and Philadelphia areas."
Park Type: Overnight
Activities:
Hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, picnicking, fishing, hunting, golfing, softball, cross country skiing, wildlife watching, camping.
Park Fees:
0
Background:
From Evansburg's website https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/EvansburgStatePark/Pages/History.aspx :
"During 1684, when William Penn purchased the portion of his American Province that is now Evansburg State Park, the inhabitants were the Unami of the Lenni Lenape Nation. Shortly thereafter, the area was settled according to the plan of Penn’s “Holy Experiment.”
The area developed rapidly. By 1714, the Skippack Pike was constructed to provide access to the Philadelphia market. An eight-arch, stone bridge spanning the Skippack Creek on the Germantown Pike was constructed in 1792. It is the oldest bridge in continuous, heavy use in the nation.
The Skippack Valley remained an agrarian economy through the early part of the twentieth century. Following World War II, the pace of change quickened. Prior to acquisition of park lands, the rural charm of the area was in danger because much of the countryside was being threatened by urbanization."
Date Established?: 1/1/1979
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed
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