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Kayaking the Shenandoah

Shenandoah Folk Song: The Shenandoah at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Kayakers fish and paddle the lower 30 miles of the Shenandoah in West Virginia. (Photo courtesy Jefferson County CVB)

Appalachian Trail hiker on the Shenandoah River

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