Edwards Run is a
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, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary
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stream
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of the
Cacapon River
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, belonging to the
Potomac River
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and
Chesapeake Bay
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watersheds.
The stream is located in
Hampshire County in the
U.S. state
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of
West Virginia
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's
Eastern Panhandle. Edwards Run is named for Joseph Edwards and his family, whose plantation encompassed most of the stream's course.
George Washington
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surveyed his property in the late 1740s. It is a major source of various species of
elodea
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.
Headwaters and course
The source of Edwards Run lies between
Cooper (2,028 ft) and
Schaffenaker (1,493 ft) Mountains, southwest of
Capon Bridge. Edwards Run flows northeast under the
Northwestern Turnpike
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(
U.S. Route 50
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) continuing to follow the western side of Schaffenaker Mountain. Edwards Run then flows through the
Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area where it is dammed creating the lake, Edwards Pond. The stream flows under Cold Stream Road (County Route 15) and into the Cacapon River south of
Cold Stream.
Fishing
Edwards Pond provides fishing for
bass
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* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Wood
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,
sunfish,
bluegill
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and
channel catfish
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. Edwards Run and Pond are also stocked with
trout
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February through March and in October.
See also
*
List of West Virginia rivers
References
External links
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Rivers of Hampshire County, West Virginia
Rivers of West Virginia
Tributaries of the Potomac River