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Beartrap Gap Overlook - elev. 5580' (Milepost 428.0)

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Overlook Description

Many early hunters used steel traps to catch bears. They were very large traps about 2-3 feet long and required standing on the lever type springs on both side of the toothed jaws in order to set the trap. The traps were set on bear trails and were camouflaged. An unlucky bear would spring the trap by stepping on it.
 

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Blue Ridge Parkway GuidebooksExcerpt adaptations from Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 1 (by William G. Lord), Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 2 (by William G. Lord), Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway - 3rd Edition (by Victoria Logue, Frank Logue, and Nicole Blouin). Copyright 1981 by the American Chestnut Foundation. Reprint by permission of Menasha Ridge Press.
 
 

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