Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

Topic created by camperpat on Sat Sep 5, 2026 at 2:09 pm

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This message is for Bob and John,  control #6 is missing on the permanent course at tyler st park.  The control was broken and in 2 pieces last year.  this year the part that had the control # was completely gone.  ONly the stake remains in the ground.  Had a fun day checking it out.     Pat Burton

Reply by DaveUrban on Tue Sep 8, 2026 at 10:07 am

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While you were at Tyler, did you see any signs of work on a dam to begin soon?  I just caught a few bits of a report on the radio.  

Reply by camperpat on Tue Sep 8, 2026 at 7:11 pm

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no. which dam?  there was a large tree over the damm where the rest rooms are .  they had the damm closed with pink tape but people were still going over and under the tree to get to the other side to hike there.  Pat

Reply by camperpat on Tue Sep 8, 2026 at 7:13 pm

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We also parked in the fishermans parking lot which did not interfer with us doing the permanent course.  Pat

Reply by Orienteer7 on Wed Sep 9, 2026 at 6:07 am

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According to the tv news the dam is going to be completely removed. 

Reply by camperpat on Wed Sep 9, 2026 at 1:45 pm

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hope we can still have the Tyler Event !

Reply by DaveUrban on Wed Sep 9, 2026 at 5:03 pm

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Didn't want to alarm anyone.  The dam in question is the Spring Garden Dam.  The park officers are out til 9/11 but everything is under control.  The Spring Garden Dam is quite far and Sam is aware. The permit application is all done.

Kathy Urban

 

Reply by camperpat on Wed Sep 9, 2026 at 6:45 pm

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Great! Looking forward to the event at Tyler !

Reply by furlong47 on Wed Sep 9, 2026 at 10:01 pm

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The dam being removed is not the thing we walk across to get to the other side of the map. That's really a bridge/causeway - the water flows through openings underneath it. The one in question is at the far south end of the map - mapped like a cliff in the water