- Save our River! Click here! The Delaware Water Gap, Gateway to the Poconos Since PaleoIndian times there have been people living in the Delaware Water Gap and enjoying its unique natural magesty. This is a land that was often fought over, and came close to perishing when the Tock's Island Dam Project was almost built. Now that the area is under the protection of the National Park Service and the ...delawarewatergap.net