| Canaan Valley Resort State Park | |
|---|---|
 Blackwater River in the park. | |
  Location of Canaan Valley Resort State Park in West Virginia  Canaan Valley Resort State Park (the United States) | |
| Location | Tucker, West Virginia, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°01′25″N 79°27′57″W / 39.02361°N 79.46583°W |
| Area | 6,015 acres (24.34 km2)[2] |
| Established | 1971[3] |
| Operator | Regency Hotel Management Company[4] |
| Website | wvstateparks |
Canaan Valley Resort State Park is a state park in the eastern United States, within Canaan Valley in Tucker County, West Virginia. Located in the highest valley east of the Mississippi River, the park contains the second-largest inland wetland area in the United States.[5] The valley featured the first commercial ski development in West Virginia.
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- ^ "West Virginia State Parks At-a-Glance" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 5, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ Where People and Nature Meet: A History of the West Virginia State Parks. Charleston, West Virginia: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. April 1988. ISBN 0-933126-91-3.
- ^ "US Hotel and Resort Management, Inc., to operate Canaan Valley Resort". The Herald-Dispatch. April 30, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
- ^ Phillips, John (2001). Ski and Snowboard America - Mid-Atlantic: The Complete Guide to Downhill Skiing, Snowboarding, Cross Country Skiing, Snow Tubing, and More Throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 0-7627-0845-X.[permanent dead link]