“Cacapon” means healing waters, according to a Native American source.  If you’ve ever walked along the banks of the Cacapon River, waded out to fish its cool waters, canoed across its wider reaches or seen the eagles soar about the cliffs at Castle Rock, the ancient meaning of the word Cacapon becomes a spiritual reality.

 

The Friends of the Cacapon River (FCR) is a nonprofit, award-winning watershed organization of volunteers and benefactors working to preserve and protect the waterway and watershed. Our logo shows an otter, a species reintroduced and now thriving on the river along with beavers and eels, among other aquatic critters. The Cacapon River is also one of the few habitats for the endangered plant Harperella.

 

In the late 1980s and early 1990s the River Committee evolved slowly under different names, and in 1992 officially became a 501c3 organization.  We work in Morgan and Hampshire counties in the panhandle of West Virginia. The Cacapon flows through these counties to the Potomac River on its way to the Chesapeake Bay.

 

Our activities include publication of a Homeowner Packet, Washington Heritage Trail Maps, and brochures on access sites and Harperella. If you are visiting or would like to visit we can provide two brochures: A Driving Tour of the Cacapon” and “A Boating Tour of the Cacapon.” Information on other points of interest and accommodations in the area can be found at the Travel Berkeley Springs website: www.berkeleysprings.com.

 

 

 

 

 

YOU “Otter” JOIN US

“Cappy” our otter says so!

 

Simply send a check in any amount to Friends of the Cacapon River. Contributions over $15 include annual dues and members will receive the print version of our newsletter “Cacapon Currents.” This e-mag and the newsletter contain different information

For more information:

www.cacaponriver.org

Contact: info@cacaponriver.org

PO Box 321, Great Cacapon WV 25422

304/947-7590