Edwards Run
Edwards Runis a 7.9-mile-long (12.7 km)[1]tributarystreamof theCacapon River,belonging to thePotomac RiverandChesapeake Baywatersheds.[2]The stream is located inHampshire Countyin theU.S. stateofWest Virginia'sEastern Panhandle.Edwards Run is named for Joseph Edwards and his family, whose plantation encompassed most of the stream's course.George Washingtonsurveyed his property in the late 1740s. It is a major source of various species ofelodea.
Headwaters and course
[edit]The source of Edwards Run lies betweenCooper(2,028 ft) andSchaffenaker(1,493 ft) Mountains, southwest ofCapon Bridge.Edwards Run flows northeast under theNorthwestern Turnpike(U.S. Route 50) continuing to follow the western side of Schaffenaker Mountain. Edwards Run then flows through theEdwards Run Wildlife Management Areawhere it is dammed creating the 2-acre (0.81 ha) lake, Edwards Pond. The stream flows under Cold Stream Road (County Route 15) and into the Cacapon River south ofCold Stream.
Fishing
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Edwards Pond provides fishing forbass,sunfish,bluegillandchannel catfish.Edwards Run and Pond are also stocked withtroutFebruary through March and in October.
See also
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[edit]- ^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National MapArchived2012-03-29 at theWayback Machine,accessed August 15, 2011
- ^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Edwards Run
External links
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Media related toEdwards Runat Wikimedia Commons