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Blackwater Canyon

Drawdy Falls near Peytona, WV, Boone County, Hatfield & McCoy Region

The Blackwater River descends through its namesake canyon above Hendricks, West Virginia, in Tucker County, in the Allegheny Highlands Region. Photo by Rick Burgess

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