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Article: Statement on Signing Legislation Establishing Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.(Brief Article)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- October 25, 1999
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October 21, 1999
I am pleased today to sign into law S. 323, which creates the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado as America's 55th national park.
The Black Canyon, carved over cons by the unyielding waters of the Gunnison River, is a true natural treasure. Its nearly vertical walls, rising half a mile high, harbor one of the most spectacular stretches of wild river in America. No other canyon in North America combines the remarkable depth, narrowness, and sheerness of the ...